“…Sarah Vowell may just be able to bridge the tricky gap between serious history and witty entertainment….

Read the full blog post here.

“…raises important questions about the evolution of Hawaii’s multicultural ethos, the inequities of land distribution in the 19th century…and the strategic importance of the islands as a military and commercial hub. But she declines to examine such issues in detail…”

Read the full review here.

Lynette Cruz posts:

“Maybe by now, some of you have had a chance to read the book.  I like the closing sentence in this review:  ‘Then again, perhaps Vowell is trying to diffuse the harshness of how she now understands her country: that its imperialism is as American as apple pie’…”

“…I’ve read a number of reviews of Unfamiliar Fishes (thanks, Seeti) but I think this is the funniest…”

“I’m not trying to excuse the racial imbalance of land ownership in Hawaii–that’s always going to be upsetting. I’m simply pointing out that to the haoles the acquisition of property had a deeper meaning than simple greed.” —Sarah Vowell

Read the review of “Unfamiliar Fishes”  here.

Read the interview with Sarah Vowell here.