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Tamiko Nimura is an Asian American writer living in Tacoma, Washington. Her training in literature and American ethnic studies (MA, PhD, University of Washington) prepared her to research, document, and tell the stories of people of color. She has been writing for Discover Nikkei since 2008.

Tamiko just published her first book, Rosa Franklin: A Life in Health Care, Public Service, and Social Justice (Washington State Legislature Oral History Program, 2020). Her second book is a co-written graphic novel, titled We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (Chin Music Press/Wing Luke Asian Museum, forthcoming February 9, 2021). She is working on a memoir called PILGRIMAGE.


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Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos
In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It was not the fo…

Dec. 6, 2022




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Karen Maeda Allman's Life in Punk Rock - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> LIFE AFTER PUNK ROCK Tamiko Nimura (TN): So well this is a good chance, I think, t…

May 29, 2022


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Karen Maeda Allman's Life in Punk Rock - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> LIFE IN PUNK Tamiko Nimura (TN): It's so fantastic to hear about this I just remem…

May 22, 2022


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Karen Maeda Allman's Life in Punk Rock - Part 1
In the literary world, bookseller Karen Maeda Allman is widely known and respected for the bestsell…

May 15, 2022



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Reframing Japanese American Bitterness: A Partial Chronology
It is February 2022, and the 80th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 has just passe…

March 7, 2022

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