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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c21313\;&quot;&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nJoin us
  for the Los Angeles launch of the book &lt;em&gt;John Okada: The Life and Redi
 scovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy&lt;/em&gt;.\n\nJohn Okada’s only publ
 ished work\, &lt;em&gt;No-No Boy&lt;/em&gt;\, is about a Japanese American who refuse
 s to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World W
 ar II. When released in 1957\, the novel languished in obscurity until it 
 was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of Am
 erican literature.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;Frank Abe&lt;/strong&gt;\, a journalist and produc
 er of the PBS documentary &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/products/con
 science-and-the-constitution-dvd&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Conscience and the Const
 itution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/search?type=product
 &amp;amp\;q=greg+robinson&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greg Robinson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\
 , professor of history at Université du Québec a Montréal\, edited &lt;em
 &gt;John Okada&lt;/em&gt; (with Floyd Cheung) and will be on hand to discuss the f
 irst full-length examination of Okada’s development as a writer. Moderat
 ing the discussion will be &lt;strong&gt;Brian Niiya&lt;/strong&gt;\, Content Directo
 r of Densho.org\, an organization whose mission is to preserve the testimo
 nies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War
  II.\n\nBook signing to follow. &lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/products/j
 ohn-okada&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;John Okada&lt;/em&gt; is available at the JANM S
 tore.&lt;/a&gt;\n\nThis program is free\, but RSVPs are recommended using the li
 nk below.\n\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab
 =2&amp;amp\;txobjid=6377949e-523a-41e5-a3f5-8e374beb9fd4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RSVP
  NOW &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a&gt;\n\nCheck &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org/events/2019/02/#
 02&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;janm.org&lt;/a&gt; for updates.
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SUMMARY:Author Discussion—John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of t
 he Author of No-No Boy
URL:/en/events/2019/02/02/author-discussionjohn-okada-the-life-and-redisco/
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