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DESCRIPTION:Secret desires\, unfulfilled longing\, and irrepressible humor 
 flow through the stories of Wakako Yamauchi\, writings that depict the liv
 es of Nisei\, second-generation Japanese Americans.\n\nThrough the medium 
 of Yamauchi&amp;rsquo\;s storytelling\, readers enter the world of desert farm
 ers\, factory workers\, gamblers\, housewives\, con artists\, and dreamers
 . Elegantly simple in words and complex in resonance\, her stories reveal 
 hidden strength\, resilience\, and the persistence of hope.\n\nProgram is 
 free with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/visit/&quot;&gt;admission&lt;/a&gt;. Reservations
  recommended to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:rsvp@janm.org&quot;&gt;rsvp@janm.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;or 
 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event. Include the name\, date
 \, and time of the program\, as well as your name and the total in your pa
 rty.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;About Wakako Yamauchi:&lt;/strong&gt;\nWakako Yamauchi was born 
 in 1924 in the desert farmlands of the California Imperial Valley. In 1942
 \, the seventeen-year-old Yamauchi and her family were interned with thous
 ands of other Japanese Americans in Poston Relocation Center in the Arizon
 a desert. She worked as an artist for the camp newspaper\, the Poston Chro
 nicle\, and there began her lifelong friendship with the writer Hisaye Yam
 amoto.\n\nFollowing the war\, Yamauchi began writing fiction. Her short st
 ory &amp;ldquo\;And the Soul Shall Dance&amp;rdquo\; was published in the groundbr
 eaking Asian American anthology &lt;em&gt;Aiiieeeee!&lt;/em&gt; (1974) and later adapt
 ed into an award-winning play\, beginning Yamauchi&amp;rsquo\;s long career as
  an acclaimed playwright. Her first collection\, &lt;em&gt;Songs My Mother Taugh
 t Me: Stories\, Plays\, and Memoir&lt;/em&gt;\, was published in 1994. Yamauchi 
 wrote the stories collected in Rosebud in her later years\, focusing on th
 e clarity of her language and &amp;ldquo\;telling the story\, getting as close
  to the truth as I can.&amp;rdquo\;\n\n&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span st
 yle=&quot;color: #810081\;&quot;&gt;www.janm.org&lt;/a&gt;
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SUMMARY:Books &amp; Conversations: Rosebud and Other Stories by Wakako Yamauchi
 \, Edited by Lillian Howan
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