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traci kato-kiriyama es una artista, actriz, escritora, autora, educadora y organizadora comunitaria y de arte que divide el tiempo y espacio en su cuerpo sintiéndose enraizada en gratitud, inspirada en la audacia y completamente loca; a menudo, todo al mismo tiempo. Se ha dedicado con pasión a varios proyectos que incluyen Pull Project (PULL: Tales of Obsession), Generations Of War, The Nikkei Network for Gender and Sexual Positivity (título en constante desarrollo), Kizuna y Budokan de Los Ángeles. Asimismo, es directora/cofundadora de Tuesday Night Project y cocuradora de su emblemática serie “Tuesday Night Cafe”. Se encuentra trabajando en un segundo libro de narrativa/poesía compenetrada en la supervivencia, cuya publicación está programada para el próximo año por Writ Large Press.

Última actualización en abosto de 2013

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Nikkei al descubierto: una columna de poesía

Gnawing

Por W. Todd Kaneko, traci kato-kiriyama
21 Jul 2022

This month’s feature comes to us from Grand Rapids, Michigan, with selections from This Is How the Bone Sings, a poetry collection by Todd Kaneko. These pieces resonated at a gut level for me—they poke and prod, nudge and whack, muse and gnaw at our past through a present lens that is close, sometimes overwhelmingly close, to the ghosts, the land, the sentient cries. This beautiful writing points us toward Minidoka as much as it positions us firmly in the wonder of all places and people who have had to endure disappearance, silence, and reckoning. Enjoy... — traci kato-kiri…

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Recuerdo y laberintos

Por Kazuko Kikushima, traci kato-kiriyama
16 Jun 2022

Este mes nos complace presentar a la poetisa y psicóloga peruana Kazuko Kikushima. Una vez más, la madre de mi pareja me ayudó a entender la belleza y profundidad de este poema, una conmovedora pieza que hace un llamado al recuerdo de un ser querido y las cosas que llamamos y soltamos en el laberinto de las relaciones complejas. ¡Disfruten! —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Kazuko Kikushima es psicóloga y comunicadora. Sus mayores referentes en la poesía son Jose Watanabe (Trujillo, Perú) y Gustavo Pereira (Punta de Piedras, Venezuela). …

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Baachan

Por Shizue Seigel, traci kato-kiriyama
19 May 2022

This month, we are happy to present two poems from San Francisco-based writer and visual artist, Shizue Siegel. As the founder/director of Write Now!, Shizue amplifies many voices throughout the Bay Area, and here we are honored to share her voice with pieces about her Baachan. Through this writing, we are treated to her history and endeared cultural context, the many layers of compassion from and for a grandmother, the images of Shizue's childhood and the resilience of her Baachan's love and strength...enjoy. —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Shizue Seigel is a Sansei writer an…

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Murmurs and Bones

Por Lee Ann Roripaugh, traci kato-kiriyama
21 Abr 2022

We are honored to present three pieces here from South Dakota State Poet Laureate (2015-2019), Lee Ann Roripaugh. A personal and clanging reflection on the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami and earthquake, these poems are stunning murmurations of memory hitting against bone, of shadows that never quite evaporate, of ghosts alive and well in our presence. Enjoy… —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Lee Ann Roripaugh’s fifth volume of poetry, tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the New York Public Library, selected as a…

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Specks and Shadows

Por Kou Sugita, traci kato-kiriyama
17 Mar 2022

Portland-based writer and musician Kou Sugita gives us several pieces in this month's column that nudge us into a quiet space of listening—to past echoes that still reverberate; to colors that heed our remembrance; to “the shadow of a shadow of a sound.” Kou’s pieces here are shown with a light of subtle beauty and a depth of exploration that beg for more than one reading. Enjoy... —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Kou Sugita was born in Japan and relocated to Oregon as a baby. He currently lives in Portland with his partner and two cats. His poetry has a…