Jordan Nakamura is a writer and photographer born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii. His work and interviews have appeared in New England Review, Gulf Coast, The Adroit Journal, Tupelo Quarterly, Zócalo Public Square, and elsewhere. He lives in South Central Los Angeles.
Poetry
Summer 2023
New Union Dawns
The Kenyon Review · “New Union Dawns” by Jordan Nakamura Before the sun rose in the dew-dark ear a scent of bread wove through dust kicked up from public gardens […]
Poetry
Summer 2023
Mycol
The Kenyon Review · “Mycol” by Jordan Nakamura We see your buried terror of touch of having all at once so much to feel Have you knelt at the stone […]
Poetry
Summer 2023
Lychee Harvest
The Kenyon Review · “Lychee Harvest” by Jordan Nakamura Calves marked with mud-scrape and grass we crash through Kalihi Valley under downpour. You’d taken my shirt to fashion a basket […]