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The hot magma chamber of creativity bubbling up on the slopes of Mauna Kea has given us many rich and enchanting voices.
Recent novels from Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes and Kaui Strong Washburn arrived on a solid foundation laid by Juliet Kono, Kiana Davenport and Mark Panek. Now Zoë Eisenberg enters the mix with a significant debut novel, Significant Others.
Zoë Eisenberg on Messy Romances and the Art of Community
For years, Zoë Eisenberg has supported independent filmmaking in her East Hawaiʻi home. Now, a book and feature film debut brings her creative work into the spotlight.
Hawaiʻi Island filmmaker debuts solo directorial project ‘Chaperone’
A new indie film that takes place on Hawaiʻi Island’s east side has been selected to participate in this year’s Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. “Chaperone” was written and directed by Hawaiʻi Island resident Zoë Eisenberg. The film, shot in Hilo, is about 29-year-old Misha, a woman without much ambition. She starts a relationship with high school senior Jake, who thinks Misha is his age, which results in some reckless behavior.
HONOLULU Book Awards Author of the Year
Not many first novelists have the chutzpah and chops to rewrite the rules, but Zoë Eisenberg does just that in her acclaimed novel, which she says “came to me as a breakup story about friends.” Free spirit waiter Ren and hyperefficient real estate agent Jess, former college roommates, share a house and a platonic bed in backwater Hilo. The shock that divides is Ren’s unplanned pregnancy, laying bare their unequal power relations when Jess embraces her inner Mommyboss.
EXCERPT: PIG ISLAND (short story)
The first thing I ever say to her is: I think it is an orgy.
Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships
The Author of “Significant Others” and “The Other Significant Others” in Conversation. Novelist Zoë Eisenberg and journalist-turned-author Rhaina Cohen have something in common: they both published books about extraordinarily intimate friendships. Their debut books published in February of this year with strikingly similar titles—Significant Others (Eisenberg) and The Other Significant Others (Cohen). They talk about their books as “literary fraternal twins.”