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Lillian Howan

Author of The Charm Buyers, University of Hawai'i Press, recipient of the Ka Palapala Po'okela Award for Excellence; The Spellbound, forthcoming 2026

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4 years ago
Island Of Mo’orea From Tahiti

Island of Mo’orea from Tahiti


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4 years ago
The Uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands

the uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

5 years ago
Dogs Strolling On The Island Of Taha’a

Dogs Strolling on the Island of Taha’a

be safe everyone


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5 years ago
Island Of Mo’orea From Matavai Bay, Tahiti

Island of Mo’orea from Matavai Bay, Tahiti


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5 years ago
A Sacred Space: Marae Ti’i Rua, Mo’orea

a sacred space: marae ti’i rua, Mo’orea


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5 years ago
Island Of Mo’orea

Island of Mo’orea

photo: Vaea Sioux


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5 years ago
Sunset In Puka-Puka

Sunset in Puka-Puka

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

5 years ago
TAHITI: THE IMAGE IN THE MIND
This beautiful lyrical essay about growing up in Tahiti and losing her father is by Lillian Howan, author of ‘The Charm Buyers’. Lillian’s writings have appeared in Asian American…

Lights From A Distance An essay I wrote about my father, ancient navigation, and Tahiti. Thank you author, activist, actor, and poet Leslie Stuart Tate for your beautiful presentation of my essay. Thank you Francoise Holozet-Howan for this wondrous photo.

5 years ago
POLYNESIA: PARADISE LOST?
In this two-part feature, Lillian Howan, author of a powerful novel set in Tahiti, offers a revealing interview and a lyrical essay describing her cultural heritage, her creativity and her experie…

Thank you author & literary shaman Leslie Stuart Tate for interviewing me on my childhood in Tahiti and my novel The Charm Buyers, as well as chronic illness, and lupus. Thankful to Francoise Holozet-Howan for the spectacular photos - this interview begins with a translation of her message re why she shares these photos: to bring more awareness to the environmental vulnerability of these islands, on the frontlines of climate change.

5 years ago
Mountains Over Pape’ete, Tahiti, At Dawn

Mountains Over Pape’ete, Tahiti, at Dawn


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5 years ago
Rangiroa

Rangiroa

photo: Françoise Holozet-Howan


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6 years ago
View From Point Venus

View From Point Venus

Island of Moorea in the Distance


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6 years ago
Sunset In Puka-Puka

Sunset in Puka-Puka

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan


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6 years ago
TAHITI: THE IMAGE IN THE MIND
This beautiful lyrical essay about growing up in Tahiti and losing her father is by Lillian Howan, author of ‘The Charm Buyers’. Lillian’s writings have appeared in Asian American…

Lights From A Distance An essay I wrote about my father, ancient navigation, and Tahiti. Thank you author, activist, actor, and poet Leslie Stuart Tate for your beautiful presentation of my essay. Thank you Francoise Holozet-Howan for this wondrous photo.


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6 years ago
POLYNESIA: PARADISE LOST?
In this two-part feature, Lillian Howan, author of a powerful novel set in Tahiti, offers a revealing interview and a lyrical essay describing her cultural heritage, her creativity and her experie…

Thank you author & literary shaman Leslie Stuart Tate for interviewing me on my childhood in Tahiti and my novel The Charm Buyers, as well as chronic illness, and lupus. Thankful to Francoise Holozet-Howan for the spectacular photos - this interview begins with a translation of her message re why she shares these photos: to bring more awareness to the environmental vulnerability of these islands, on the frontlines of climate change.


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6 years ago
Birds Of The Islands

birds of the islands

photo courtesy of Chantal Howan


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6 years ago
Lost Lake And Mount Hood

Lost Lake and Mount Hood

photo: Daniel Montgomery

thank you to my daughter Vanina for this photo


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6 years ago

A pleasure to have my story Night Work published in the gorgeous and slightly disturbing Ghosts and Phantoms issue of Vice-Versa. Thank you, Pat Matsueda, and special guest editors Steve Heller and Mark Spencer!


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