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Long before my mother was ever a child, She dreamt of my face as her Eurasian song,Never looking aw…

Francesca Yukari Biller • March 11, 2014

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Native Sons of Fresno, California Look Back

I’m writing a Densho Encyclopedia entry now on the poet Lawson Fusao Inada. He’s a thir…

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 1, 2013

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Your Hands Guide Me Through Trains

From the bridge we stare down at the track, searchingthe arch, where rails curve out of darkness. Y…

Brian Komei Dempster • Aug. 23, 2013

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Moriso Teraoka - Nisei Veteran’s “What If?” Attitude Brings Joy to Kapi‘olani Community College

Frequent visitors to Kapi‘olani Community College have probably seen the expansive garden of …

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • July 23, 2013

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Albert Saijo: Karmic Heart

When the phone rang unexpectedly early one morning in 2009, I couldn’t believe it, but it was…

Patricia Wakida • July 5, 2013

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Language and Silence—The Poetry of Asano Miyata Saijo (1891-1966)

In July 1932, on the occasion of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, The Kashu Mainichi ran an article w…

Patricia Wakida • June 5, 2013

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Radio Station KOBY in Medford, Oregon

Daytime we could get only two radio stations—small town stations in Medford and Klamath Falls…

Hiroshi Kashiwagi • May 30, 2013

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The Asian American Literary Review

Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 2

Read Jeffrey Angles’ short essay about Wild Grass on the Riverbank >> Mother Lead…

Hiromi Itō • Aug. 12, 2012

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The Asian American Literary Review

Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 1

Read Jeffrey Angles’ short essay about Wild Grass on the Riverbank >> Mother Lead…

Hiromi Itō • Aug. 5, 2012

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The Asian American Literary Review

Hiromi Itō - from Wild Grass on the Riverbank

Born in Tokyo in 1955, Itō Hiromi is one of the most important women poets of contemporary Japan. I…

Jeffrey Angles • July 29, 2012

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Half Girl from Full Mother

Native Sons of Fresno, California Look Back

Your Hands Guide Me Through Trains

Moriso Teraoka - Nisei Veteran’s “What If?” Attitude Brings Joy to Kapi‘olani Community College

Albert Saijo: Karmic Heart

Language and Silence—The Poetry of Asano Miyata Saijo (1891-1966)

Radio Station KOBY in Medford, Oregon

Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 2

Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 1

Hiromi Itō - from Wild Grass on the Riverbank