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“I am an American first and foremost and I am black”—American Enka singer Jero By Norm Masaji Ibuki
Today, in the uniquely traditional world of Japanese enka, there is no bigger new name than Jero...
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>> Part 1Continuation of The Asian American Literary Review’s interview with Karen Tei Yamashita…Kandice Chuh (KC): You write, “I’ve anticipated the end of the story without imparting the beginning. Knowing the story’s end does not necessarily imply completion of knowledge, for if many endings are possible, ...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "School games I hated (and feared!)"
＞＞その２父の教えを受け継いでキクムラが自分史を完結させるためには、父、三郎のことも書く必要があった。三郎は1953年、アケミが９歳のときに不慮の事故で亡くなっていたため、母のときのように本人からの聞き書きができず、彼の周囲にいた人たち、すなわち、母、兄妹、日本の親類などから話を聞く必要があった。そのため、三郎のことをまとめた『Promises Kept（守られた約束）』を完成させるのに、一作目の『Through Harsh Winters』から10年を要した。守られた約束とは何だったのか、若干ミステリーでも読むような気持ちでこの本を読み始めた。
Firehorses need exercise. For the youngsters on 15th Street in early Los Angeles, it was a thrill of a lifetime to sit on a big broad horse, legs astraddle, as the animal galloped up and down dusty Hill Street. Young boys were glad to “help” the firemen in this way. ...
I was fourteen when I got my first job as a cashier at a Japanese convenience store in Lexington, Kentucky. We sold imported goods like Haichu and Pocky at inflated prices and welcomed each customer with a pleasant “irasshai mase!”
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