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Read Part 1 >> The outbreak of the Pacific War would decisively shift the life of Wil…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 1, 2022

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From Wilfred Horiuchi to Wilfred Hari: The Career of a Nisei Writer and Performer - Part 1

One exceptional Nisei, the different pieces of whose life I have been trying to investigate, was a …

Greg Robinson • Oct. 31, 2022

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A Heart to Heart: Carlos Bulosan and Japanese Americans - Part 2

Read Part 1>> In our previous section, we discussed Carlos Bulosan’s biography and h…

Jonathan van Harmelen +1 • Sept. 23, 2022

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A Heart to Heart: Carlos Bulosan and Japanese Americans - Part 1

One of the first and most gifted writers to express an Asian American consciousness was Carlos Bu…

Jonathan van Harmelen +1 • Sept. 22, 2022

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Fernando Iwasaki: a historian anchored in literature

Anchored more than 25 years ago in a town in Seville, the Peruvian writer Fernando Iwasaki (Lima, …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Aug. 10, 2022

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Tani Jôji: Chronicles of a Japanese Vagabond in America - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Having reflected on the life and work of Hasegawa Kaitarō, I now wish to di…

Greg Robinson • May 2, 2022

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Tani Jôji: Chronicles of a Japanese Vagabond in America - Part 1

Whenever I visit Paris, I love to spend time going through bookstores, looking for interesting Fren…

Greg Robinson • May 1, 2022

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Book Review: Not Yo’ Butterfly by Nobuko Miyamoto

“Growing up Asian in America, we had the songs of our ancestors, but we no longer understoo…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 25, 2022

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Ruth Ozeki’s Book of Compassion and Empathy

During the book tour for A Tale for the Time Being, author Ruth Ozeki shared how her ch…

Kelly Fleck • Dec. 24, 2021

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Jackson Bliss’s experimental fiction crosses borders & boundaries

Jackson Bliss was looking forward to his collection, Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experi…

David Dupont • Sept. 12, 2021

authors Counterfactual Love Stories (book) Jackson Bliss writers

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From Wilfred Hari to Yoshitaka Horiuchi: The career of an Expatriate Executive - Part 2