[2] It currently publishes two volumes a year: a literary journal of poetry and fiction featuring work by both emerging and established writers and a book by a single author or an anthology focused on a special theme.

[3] Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Lee Cataluna, Rodney Morales, Gary Pak, and Nora Okja Keller are among the writers Bamboo Ridge has published.

[1] Chock and Lum started Bamboo Ridge in 1978 after they noticed that local authors weren't being published in major literary journals.

[1] In 2014 the press partnered with the Hawaii Council for the Humanities to offer discounts to middle- and high-school students purchasing their books.

[7] The archive was partially funded by the Hawaii Council for the Humanities and is hosted in a Kapiolani Community College repository.