A Talk by Novelist, Playwright Jon Shirota

November 9, 2009, 5 p.m., Kuhialoko Lanai

Akisamiyo! From a Pig Farmer to a Writer

Novelist, playwright and local son, Jon Shirota, will lead off UH West O‘ahu’s Chancellor’s Lecture Series. The lecture is open to the public and is co-sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i Center for Okinawan Studies. Shirota was born and raised on Maui, and is the author of Lucky Come Hawai‘i and the plays “Leilani’s Hibiscus” and “Voices from Okinawa.”

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