Makana Eyre has written features, criticism, and essays for the New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Nation and Politico, among other national publications.

In 2023, W.W. Norton published “Sing, Memory,” Eyre’s debut. “Sing, Memory” tells the true story of the effort to save a huge cache of culture created by prisoners in the Nazi camps during World War II. In a review of the book, The Economist described Eyre as a “deft storyteller, with a limpid style” and lauded the book for its “compelling, well-informed narrative.” “Sing, Memory” was also praised by The Wall Street Journal, The BBC, The Forward, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and The Jewish Book Council, which described it as “riveting” and “masterfully written.” The book has been translated into Italian and Dutch.

Eyre is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School where he was a Stabile Fellow in investigative journalism. He teaches journalism and media history at Sciences Po in Paris. Currently based in Paris, he was born and raised on the island of Oʻahu.

You can reach him by email at columnists@civilbeat.org. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.