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Shiukichi Shigemi—Part II: The Arrival of "A Japanese Boy"

Read Part I As previously described, it was in 1889, while studying medicine at Yale University,…

Greg Robinson • March 31, 2025

authors biographies customs (social) Japan literature Meiji period, Japan, 1868-1912 memoirs migration Shikoku writers

Shiukichi Shigemi—Part I: The Birth of A Japanese Boy

Exploring the history of Japanese American literature is a task fraught with uncertainty, as so muc…

Greg Robinson • March 30, 2025

authors Japan literature Meiji period, Japan, 1868-1912 migration Shikoku writers Yale University

Japanese Americans and the Federal Writers Project: Part I—The Western WPA Guides

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a short-lived but historically significant federal agen…

James Sun +1 • Feb. 26, 2025

artists authors Franklin D. Roosevelt Great Depression, 1929-1939 presidents United States West Coast (U.S.) writers

Seiji Arakaki: writing therapy

It is not common to find associations that, at first, seem logical, but that are sometimes hidden…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 25, 2025

authors identity Japanese Peruvians La Union School (Lima, Peru) literature psychology soccer sports writers

The Sword and the Typewriter: The Life and Times of Hydesaburo Ohashi

Chapter 2—A Writer in Boston

Read Chapter 1 As an enterprising editor of Harvard Illustrated, England sent a copy of the Novemb…

Aaron Cohen • Feb. 24, 2025

authors Boston generations Harvard University immigrants immigration Issei Japan literature Massachusetts migration plays poetry students United States writers

To Grace, With Love and Gratitude—Part 2

Read Part 1 “Ensuring history is remembered” Reflection by Lorene Oikawa, Past President, Nationa…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 20, 2025

activism artists authors generations Grace Eiko Thomson Japanese Canadians Nisei social action writers

To Grace, With Love and Gratitude—Part 1

The passing of Grace Eiko Thomson (née Nishikihama), 90, on July 11, 2024 came as a shock to the en…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 19, 2025

activism artists authors generations Grace Eiko Thomson Japanese Canadians Nisei social action writers

Revisiting Summer of the Big Bachi Twenty Years Later

2024 marks the twentieth anniversary of Naomi Hirahara’s novel, Summer of the Big Bachi. This kic…

Lauren Rise Masuda • Dec. 30, 2024

authors fiction interviews Mas Arai (fictitious character) Mas Arai mystery series mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara novels Summer of the Big Bachi (book) writers

On Nikkei

Part 55 (2) An interview with Yumiko Murakami, one of the first to focus on Asian America

Read Part 55 (1) Murakami Yumiko, a writer and researcher of ethnic culture, has been reporting on…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 27, 2024

Asian American studies authors discrimination ethnic studies Hollywood films interpersonal relations prejudices writers

The Great Connector: Shirley Geok-Lin Lim’s Contributions to Japanese American Life

This week, Professor Shirley Geok-Lin Lim is celebrating a big birthday. She has not only disting…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 26, 2024

academics (persons) Asian American studies authors generations literature Malaysians Nisei poetry poets scholars Shirley Geok-Lin Lim writers

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