Edited by Cathy Song and Donald Carreira Ching, BAMBOO RIDGE Issue #115 is a memorable anthology of poetry and prose by thirty-three authors from diverse backgrounds. With a third of the writers new to the pages of BAMBOO RIDGE, the issue showcases both emerging writers and the work of established authors such as Sue Cowing, Cate Gable, Jim Harstad, Lanning C. Lee, Darrell H. Y. Lum, Wing Tek Lum, Christy Passion, Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo, Eric Paul Shaffer, John E. Simonds, Jean Yamasaki Toyama, and Mahealani Wendt. Cover art and an artist profile and portfolio feature Kaiʻili Kaulukukui, whose paintings and murals promote Hawaiian values of land, ocean, and cultural preservation.