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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Roots
Happy 2017, everyone! With quite the gripping year behind us, I find myself needing to look ahead f…

Sean Miura +2 • Jan. 19, 2017

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identity Japanese Americans literature Mari L'Esperance poetry poets Sean Miura
identity Japanese Americans literature Mari L'Esperance poetry poets Sean Miura
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Location
For the column’s inaugural post, we wanted to begin with the theme of place, location, and co…

Amy Uyematsu +2 • Dec. 15, 2016

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Amy Uyematsu California concentration camps Discover Nikkei generations Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hiroshi Kashiwagi identity Japanese Americans literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets Sansei Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
Amy Uyematsu California concentration camps Discover Nikkei generations Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hiroshi Kashiwagi identity Japanese Americans literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets Sansei Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
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A poet in stopped transit
Language is the homeland of any poet. Perhaps that is why Juan Carlos de la Fuente Umetsu (Lima, 19…

Javier García Wong-Kit • May 25, 2016

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literature Peru Peruvians poetry poets
literature Peru Peruvians poetry poets
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Mitsuko Kasuga: Passion for Tanka in Mexico and Japan
Mitsuko Osaka was born in 1914 in the small town of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, the second of four daug…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 1, 2016

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Carlos Kasuga Osaka communities families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language schools language schools Liceo Méxicano-Japonés, AC (organization) literature Mexico Mexico City migration Mitsuko Kasuga poetry schools tanka
Carlos Kasuga Osaka communities families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language schools language schools Liceo Méxicano-Japonés, AC (organization) literature Mexico Mexico City migration Mitsuko Kasuga poetry schools tanka
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Tracing the roots of the younger generation of Japanese-Americans and their activism
2nd: Troy Osaki (Poetry Reading)
Young Japanese people active in the Seattle area. Troy Osaki, who has a Japanese father and a Filip…

Fumika Iwasaki • Jan. 8, 2016

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identity literature poetry Seattle United States Washington youth
identity literature poetry Seattle United States Washington youth
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A Poet, a Mystery Novelist, and Writing in Japanese America
The Japanese American experience is rarely tackled in mainstream literature. In 2015, Asian protago…

Kimiko Medlock • Sept. 11, 2015

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Amy Uyematsu authors California Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) literature Los Angeles Mas Arai (fictitious character) Mas Arai mystery series mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara poetry The Yellow Door (book) United States writers
Amy Uyematsu authors California Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) literature Los Angeles Mas Arai (fictitious character) Mas Arai mystery series mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara poetry The Yellow Door (book) United States writers
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A New Home For Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees In Hawaii?
Japanese Botanist Sees Potential in the Islands I stare out at the cherry blossomsIn marvel an…

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • May 13, 2015

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cherry blossoms Hawaii international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
cherry blossoms Hawaii international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
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Los Angeles Nikkei
Westside Sanseisaying good riddance to scotch-tape and black mascaraas you board the Asian American…

Tony Osumi • April 9, 2014

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442nd Regimental Combat Team activism California civil rights employees Hawaii Japanese Americans laborers literature Los Angeles Nikkei poetry social action United States United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team activism California civil rights employees Hawaii Japanese Americans laborers literature Los Angeles Nikkei poetry social action United States United States Army
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Poems from Topaz
In an intergenerational reading held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, March 15…

Brian Komei Dempster • April 3, 2014

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Brian Komei Dempster concentration camps imprisonment incarceration literature poetry Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II camps
Brian Komei Dempster concentration camps imprisonment incarceration literature poetry Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II camps
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Issei Spirits
rattling rice cookergohan steamingissei ghost escapespirits risejust in timeto wash up for dinner c…

Tony Osumi • March 24, 2014

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activism food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns literature migration Nihonmachi poetry social action Yonsei
activism food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns literature migration Nihonmachi poetry social action Yonsei
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