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Poetry at the Gate of Memory

Performing Arts
In Person
Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.

Date: March 27, 2025

Time: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.



Join poets Brynn Saito and traci kato-kiriyama for a reading celebrating the forthcoming April 2025 release of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration. Edited by Saito and Brandon Shimoda, this poetry anthology explores the afterlife of the historical yet enduring injustice of World War II–era prisons and camps. Featured readers include David Mura, Heather Nagami, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, James Fujinami Moore, and others, with a special tribute to poet, educator, and activist Amy Uyematsu and Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan.

This event is organized in conjunction with the 2025 convening of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference, which will be held in Los Angeles March 26–29. Conference registration is not required to attend this free, off-site event. Funding for this event has been provided by the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.

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