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There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen — a much-anticipated sequel to her novel, Clark and Division. After wartime incarceration in Manzanar and then resettlement in …
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Read Part 3 >> It was late in the afternoon, almost five o’clock, when Dad and I dropped off Tanaka-san and Lynne, so I called …
Read Part 2 >> That Saturday, when I arrived at my parents’ house to pick up Dad, he was already sitting outside, waiting for me …
Read Part 1 >> Today, talk of his poker gang’s tanomoshi has made Dad uncharacteristically nostalgic, prompting him to reminisce about this group of seven …
Author’s note: My late Nisei father did indeed have a poker gang of his best friends who would meet monthly, always on a Saturday night, …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Faces of Death - Popular Personifications of Death...” Check back …
Naomi Hirahara is a Japanese American writer and journalist known for her award-winning mystery novels. Hirahara tends to utilize the mystery genre to explore pockets …
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Read Part 1 >> When I arrived at The Plaza, I found Aunt Emiko watching a game show on a large TV in the community …
Author’s note: After my mother had passed and my brothers and I were cleaning out her house, I was overcome with such intense grief—unrelenting waves …
“What’s in this box, Bachan?” Emi asked, handing the box to her grandmother as she sat down next to her on the couch. “I’m not …
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