Penhollow | Studiolabs

Some things are worth preserving. Some things are worth questioning. The hard part is knowing which is which — and having the honesty to say so out loud.

This is a space for essays, reporting, and fiction that lives at that intersection. Power and memory. Faith and accountability. The old stories that still explain us, and the new systems that are quietly rewriting who we are.

What You’ll Find Here

Essays. Reporting. Fiction. Cultural Criticism. Public Artifacts.

Little Hollow Books

Stories are how we hand the world to our children. Little Hollow Books is the children’s picture book imprint of Penhollow Studiolabs — rooted in family, heritage, and the belief that every picture book is a philosophy, whether its author knows it or not.

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About Avi Penhollow

Avi Penhollow is a writer, publisher, and teacher based in Southern California. His essays sit at the intersection of power, memory, faith, and democratic accountability — written for readers who want the truth about systems, not a comfortable story about them.

He is the founder of Penhollow Studiolabs and the publisher of Little Hollow Books, a children’s picture book imprint rooted in family, heritage, and the belief that stories are how we hand the world to our children.

He lives with his wife Kathleen — a native of Ilocos Norte, Philippines — and their three children.

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