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We asked writer Paul Yamada about his background and what it was like for him growing up Hapa. He n…

Paul Yamada • March 31, 2010

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The Pond - Part 2

>> Part 1After a train ride, another bus ride, and a five-minute walk, I was in front of Aunt…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 30, 2010

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Journal Entry #99 44/100% Cool: "The 'Dude' Rules..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 27, 2010

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J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles' Patient Crusader 1890-1970 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>It was in USC Law School that some friendships developed which were to change t…

Janice Marion Wright LaMoree • March 26, 2010

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West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care

Part I - Nikkei Eldercare in Los Angeles

My mother is in some ways a typical Southern California Nisei. She has participated in organized Ni…

Nancy Matsumoto • March 25, 2010

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Arcadia, No. 2 - Part 3

>> Part 2I thought about my father, his absence, his distancing. He was an apparition that ap…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • March 24, 2010

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The Pond - Part 1

It was just before Christmas when I went to Auntie Junko and Uncle Bill’s house on my own for…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 23, 2010

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A Brief History of Taiko - Part 2

>> Part 1 As in Japan, taiko’s function in the United States took a dramatic turn once …

Masumi Izumi • March 22, 2010

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The Asian American Literary Review

Karen Tei Yamashita - Part 2

Part 1 >>Continuation of The Asian American Literary Review’s interview with Karen Tei …

Kandice Chuh • March 21, 2010

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Journal Entry #100-99-98...:"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard..."