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I’m not the type to wallow in a bad situation. I’m more apt to pack my things and mov…

Alden M. Hayashi • Oct. 3, 2021

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We Hereby Refuse: The Illustrated Stories of Camp Resistance

“It’s the story of camp as you’ve never seen it before,” said Frank Abe, …

Kyra Karatsu • June 11, 2021

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Terry Watada: On Dreams, Mystery, and Writing What You Know

Mysterious Dreams of the Dead, Terry Watada’s latest novel, features Mike Shintani, a Sansei …

John Endo Greenaway • March 23, 2021

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Writing We Hereby Refuse: 3 Things I Learned about Resistance

When I was a little kid in California in the early 1980s, it was cool to be a rebel, or a resister.…

Tamiko Nimura • March 2, 2021

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Kiku Hughes’ graphic novel Displacement addresses the intergenerational trauma of Japanese American incarceration through a story of time travel

A time-travel graphic novel about intergenerational Japanese American camp history is a surprise.…

Tamiko Nimura • Jan. 18, 2021

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On Being Yukiko: New Kids Book Explores Japanese Canadian Identity - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Lillian, who is Yukiko? In a nutshell, what is the story of Yukiko? Lillia…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Nov. 18, 2020

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On Being Yukiko: New Kids Book Explores Japanese Canadian Identity - Part 1

In many ways, On Being Yukiko, a new graphic novel by Lillian Michiko Blakey (Newmarket, Ontario)…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Nov. 17, 2020

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Kikou Yamata: Rediscovering the First Nisei Writer

Throughout the 20th century, Nikkei writers have dreamed of writing “the Great Nisei novel,&r…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 14, 2019

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Iced in Paradise - An Interview with Author Naomi Hirahara on her Upcoming Release

Naomi Hirahara, Japanese-American writer and Los Angeles local, is known for her thrilling (and a…

Danielle Yuki Yang • Aug. 22, 2019

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Graphic Novel Recalls Experiences of 442nd RCT

Against the contemporary backdrop of the immigration debate and family separation, of nationality-b…

The Rafu Shimpo • March 13, 2019

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