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 g&gt;\, his daughter  &lt;strong&gt;Eve Oishi&lt;/strong&gt;\, and scholar &lt;strong&gt;Koji 
 Lau-Ozawa&lt;/strong&gt; to celebrate Oishi’s newly revised 1988 work\, &lt;stro
 ng&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Search of Hiroshi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;—a powerful memoir about his li
 felong struggle to claim both his Japanese and American identities in the 
 aftermath of World War II.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;ABOUT THE BOOK:&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\
 n&lt;em&gt;“Can one wreak vengeance against oneself?”&lt;/em&gt;\n\nThis anguished
  question hangs over Gene Oishi’s powerful memoir about his lifelong str
 uggle to claim both his Japanese and American identities in the aftermath 
 of World War II. From the aftermath of Executive Order 9066 through his ca
 reer in journalism and politics\, Oishi wrestles with his Japanese heritag
 e and questions whether he will truly be accepted as American. &lt;em&gt;In Sear
 ch of Hiroshi&lt;/em&gt;\, originally published in 1988 and long unavailable\, i
 s revised to include new essays and a conversation between Oishi and his d
 aughter.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;PANELISTS:&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;GENE O
 ISHI&lt;/strong&gt;\n Gene Oishi is the former Washington and foreign correspond
 ent for the &lt;em&gt;Baltimore Sun&lt;/em&gt;. He has written articles on the Japanes
 e American experience for &lt;em&gt;The New York Times Magazine&lt;/em&gt;\, &lt;em&gt;The W
 ashington Post&lt;/em&gt;\, &lt;em&gt;Newsweek&lt;/em&gt;\, and &lt;em&gt;West Magazine&lt;/em&gt;. His 
 debut novel\, &lt;em&gt;Fox Drum Bebop&lt;/em&gt;\, was published by Kaya Press in 201
 4.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;EVE OISHI&lt;/strong&gt;\n Eve Oishi is Associate Professor of Cul
 tural Studies at Claremont Graduate University specializing in Asian Ameri
 can media and gender studies.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;KOJI LAU-OZAWA&lt;/strong&gt;\n Koji La
 u-Ozawa is a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA\, and a descend
 ant of Gila River incarcerees. He received his PhD in Antrhopology from St
 anford University. His research focuses on the materialized legacies of th
 e past through landscapes\, objects\, memory\, the archaeology of Japanese
  diaspora\, and the intersections between Japanese American and Indigenous
  communities during World World II.\n\nRead excerpts from &lt;em&gt;In Search of
  Hiroshi&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;/journal/series/in-search-of-hiroshi/&quot;&gt;Discover 
 Nikkei&lt;/a&gt;.\n\n&lt;em&gt;In Search of Hiroshi&lt;/em&gt; will be available to purchas
 e in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/&quot;&gt;JANM Store&lt;/a&gt;.\n\n&lt;em&gt;This prog
 ram is a partnership between &lt;strong&gt;Discover Nikkei&lt;/strong&gt;\, a project 
 of JANM\, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://kaya.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kaya Press&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.
 &lt;/em&gt;
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Launch: In Search of Hiroshi with Gene Oishi
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