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“When you walked into (my grandfather’s) house, you saw his paintings hanging like a ga…

Darryl Mori • Feb. 20, 2013

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All My Friends, They Went to Tule

There are many untold and, possibly, forgotten stories in one’s family history. In an earlier…

Ben Arikawa • Feb. 19, 2013

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The Harada House of Riverside, California: A Milestone in Japanese American Resistance to Racist Oppression - Part 1 of 6

(Presentation at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, in Riverside, California, on October 20, 2012, …

Arthur A. Hansen • Feb. 18, 2013

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Journal Entry #Robotics 101: "Positronic Playthings..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 16, 2013

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Lament in the Night, translated by Andrew Leong

The Tale of Osato is an astonishing fable of pre-war Los Angeles, whose protagonist is a determined…

Patricia Wakida • Feb. 15, 2013

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Lost Words

It has been said by many that writing letters is a lost art form. People under the age of 35 or so …

Will Kaku • Feb. 14, 2013

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After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics - Dr. Greg Robinson

The wartime roundup and removal from the West Coast of 120,000 American citizens and permanent resi…

Esther Newman • Feb. 13, 2013

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Serpentine 2013: L.A. Artists Celebrate the Year of the Snake

Snakes get a bad rap in the West. In Christianity, the snake symbolizes temptation and the fall fro…

Meher McArthur • Feb. 12, 2013

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Hidden Hapa

“Hey, what are you doing over there with the Hapa?” Kathy and I looked over and ther…

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu • Feb. 11, 2013

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Journal Entry # "5" and His Sisters "3" and "4": "Appellative Antics..."