Ancestral Graves, Kahuku

Garrett Hongo, once a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, was born in Hawaiʻi and grew up in Los Angeles. His new book is Ocean of Clouds: Poems (Knopf, 2025). Given the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry in 2022, he has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Fulbright Program, Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Eugene, where he teaches at the University of Oregon.