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When There Was No "Hapa"
Throughout most of my life I’ve been THE Asian in the room, so to speak. My first grade schoo…

Paul Yamada • April 29, 2010


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Poem: "The Leaf Book"
The Leaf BookIn the fall of third grade, when my teacherassigns the leaf-book project—collect…

April Naoko Heck • April 11, 2010


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My Parents -- An Introduction
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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I Am Job
I was fourteen when I got my first job as a cashier at a Japanese convenience store in Lexington, K…

Leah Nanako Winkler • March 18, 2010



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Compartment Comportment - Part 3
>> Part 2It was not for lifestyle reasons that we weren’t married. Even today, I’…

Marie Mutsuki Mockett • Feb. 21, 2010



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