Men of Hula
Benton Sen was born and raised in Hawaii. His essays have appeared in Spirit of Aloha magazine, among other publications. In 2007, he received a writing award from the Society of Professional Journalists and another in 2008 for an article on Robert Cazimero and Halau Na Kamalei, on which this book is based. Benton has received the James Houston Fellowship from the Squaw Valley Writers Conference, the Walker Foundation scholarship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a writing fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. He attended the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa and now lives in Honolulu. Men of Hula is his first book.