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Amy Uyematsu is a Sansei from Los Angeles. Active in the early Asian American movement, she was a co-editor of UCLA's Roots: An Asian American Reader. Amy taught high school math for LA Unified Schools for 32 years. Her first poetry book with poems about growing up J-A in LA was aptly named 30 Miles from J-Town. Currently, she teaches a writing workshop at the Far East Lounge in LA's Little Tokyo.
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 7
Here we share a final installment of a long series tribute to the late, great Amy Uyematsu. Since J…
Dec. 21, 2023
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Stone Songs
Happy New 2023, everyone! What better way to begin than with the beauty of poetry and prose from A…
Jan. 19, 2023
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Year-ending
As we survey the past year of lockdowns and quarantines that started here in the States by mid-Marc…
March 18, 2021
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Inspiration
Hello Discover Nikkei network! I am beyond thrilled this month to bring this pair of poets to the N…
Aug. 20, 2020
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My E.O. 9066 Stories: Frank Kikuchi, Manzanar DJ
On April 12, 2017, I interviewed Frank Kikuchi, a local Nisei who currently lives at Hollenbeck-Pal…
March 13, 2020
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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 communit…
Dec. 15, 2016
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Amy Uyematsu
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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
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The Asian American Literary Review
Poems by Amy Uyematsu
Orchid Season in Mr. Ikeda’s Garden : The “Welcome” sign still hangs abovehis garden gate
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July 22, 2012
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