traci kato-kiriyama

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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.

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Nikkei al descubierto: una columna de poesía

Negotiating Place

Por Sophia Inaba, Rino Kodama, traci kato-kiriyama
18 Abr 2019

Here we have a first for the Nikkei Uncovered poetry column - a collaborative piece between two wondrous young Nikkei, both University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) students and “Shin-Nisei,” 1.5 generation artists. They write this from the place of anticipating their Pilgrimage together to Manzanar this month, alongside their cohort of the Vigilant Love Solidarity Arts Fellowship, which brings together college age Nikkei and Muslim activist/artists. Rino and Sophia, featured here, wrote together with such generosity that comes through in their piece of contemplation and ins...

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Roots and Branches

Por Yoshika Wason, Micah Tasaka, traci kato-kiriyama
21 Mar 2019

Happy spring everyone! This month, we’re excited to feature two poets who both happen to be based in Japan. Micah Tasaka, a queer, genderfluid, mixed race Yonsei artist originally from the Inland Empire now based in Fukui prefecture; and Yoshika Wason, a second generation, mixed race artist who hails from Aomori, Japan via Massachusetts and Connecticut. Their pieces here harken back and forth from past circumstance to present choice, in reflection of the way our memories, our native tongues, our very existence, was and continues to be shaped. Enjoy. —traci kato-kiriyama * * * ...

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Circles, Cycles, Commemoration

Por Mitsuye Yamada, traci kato-kiriyama
21 Feb 2019

This month, as we commemorate EO 9066, we thought it fitting to honor one of our longest standing and veteran poets, Mitsuye Yamada. At 95 years of age, she has been published for several decades and is still going. Here, she shares with us some previous work as well as a new piece from her forthcoming book, FULL CIRCLE. Enjoy the poetic fire of the great Mitsuye Yamada... —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan in 1923. She grew up in Seattle, Washington. In 1942, when Mitsuye was 17, her family was among 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who ...

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Japanese American Women Speak

Por Tani Ikeda, Kyoko Nakamaru, traci kato-kiriyama
17 Ene 2019

For this month’s column, opening us into a whole new year, I’m so happy to feature healer and artist kyoko nakamaru and filmmaker Tani Ikeda, who together are co-founders of JAWS — Japanese American Women Speak. They are both based in Los Angeles, California (Kyoko via Wisconsin and Iowa, and Tani via Seattle). Both selections here are impassioned pieces by two fierce Nikkei who call on us to listen, respond and heal with the world around us. —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Kyoko Nakamaru is an interdisciplinary artist, storyteller, writer, spiritual counselor, a...

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Sansei

Por Janice Iwanaga Yen, Patricia Takayama, traci kato-kiriyama
20 Dic 2018

As a younger Sansei/older Yonsei, I've been reflecting a lot on the big sisters and cousins of the Sansei generation who have raised or influenced many of us in our activism, community involvement, and understanding of ourselves as connected to others. This month, we feature pieces of generational and personal reflection from two Sansei - writer Patricia Takayama from the San Fernando Valley, and NCRR founding member, Janice Yen, who is based in Los Angeles. Enjoy! —traci kato-kiriyama * * * * * Janice Iwanaga Yen is a retired retailer and long-time community volunteer. She is a ...