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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
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Summer of the Big Bachi: Naomi Hirahara’s Japanese American Mystery
In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Naomi Hirahara’s first Mas Arai novel, Summer of the Big B…
Darryl Mori • Dec. 30, 2024
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Mas Arai’s Last Mystery: Interview with Naomi Hirahara
“I [accepted a] writing fellowship in Kansas to focus on the novel that I had been working on for…
Kimiko Medlock • March 13, 2018
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Whodunit? Naomi Hirahara Draws Readers Into Japanese American History and Culture
Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Naomi Hirahara is a writer with a love of Japanese America…
Carol Cheh • May 13, 2016
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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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Naomi Hirahara, author of “Mas Arai” mystery novels
I’ve always been a fan of detective and crime mystery fiction, starting from my earliest days devou…
Gil Asakawa • March 28, 2013
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Naomi Hirahara – Strawberry Yellow
Fans of Naomi Hirahara should prepare to turn off their cell phones and curl up in their favorite r…
Leslie Yamaguchi • March 8, 2013
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