Sara Kehaulani Goo

Award Winning Journalist and Author

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Kuleana

A new memoir about Hawai'i, told from the Native Hawaiian perspective. Set in one of the world’s most beautiful landscapes, Kuleana is the story of award-winning journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo’s family saga to hold on to her family’s ancestral Hawaiian lands—and find herself along the way.

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Just In From Kirkus Reviews:

A well-crafted work combining memoir, ethnography, history, and sharp-edged journalism.”

"A sui generis book, Sara Kehaulani Goo's Kuleana deftly blends memoir and reportage into revelatory and refreshing exploration of connections -- to one's heritage, to one's family, and to one's home."

—Jose Antonio Vargas, author of Dear America and White Is Not a Country

From The Atlantic:

An adapted excerpt of Kuleana: "What Hula Taught Me."

From The Washington Post Book Review:

“...if just a fraction of the millions of annual [Hawai'i] visitors read Kuleana and get a more subtle, more accurate understanding of these singular islands, it will be a cause for celebration. A serious book by a Hawaiian journalist, from a major publishing house, is a most welcome arrival.”

“In her riveting memoir, Kuleana, journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo tells us more about the difficult past of one of the most beautiful places on earth than any history book can conjure. A veteran reporter, Goo plumbs every aspect of this story, spooling an engrossing narrative that informs as much as it engages. It is at once a chilling and inspirational tale.”

—Marie Arana, author of American Chica and LatinoLand

“A powerful story of land, belonging, loss, and survival that challenges us all to think about what we are responsible for. Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the history of land in Hawaii – and for that matter, this land we now call the United States."

-- Rebecca Nagle, author of By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

About Sara Kehaulani Goo

Sara Kehaulani Goo is a journalist and senior news executive who has led several news organizations including Axios, NPR and The Washington Post. She is the former editor-in-chief at Axios, where she launched the company’s editorial expansion into national and local newsletters, podcasts and live journalism. Before Axios, she led online audience growth as a managing editor at NPR, overseeing the newsroom's digital news operation. Goo also served as news director at The Washington Post, where she also served as a business editor and reporter.