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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Between Query and Legacy
スーザン・ハヤセ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
This month, we feature the fierce and insightful voice of San Jose-based Susan Hayase. While I am most familiar with Susan in intergenerational community organizing and activist spaces, I am grateful always to read her writing, as she has so much to share and teach us. Here we present pieces …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Remembrance
キャロリー・オカモト, キャシー・ニシモト・マサオカ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
In the spirit of “remembrance” with Day Of Remembrance programs happening all around the country — we feature personal tributes by two Sansei writers, Carolee Okamoto, based in Washington, and Kathy Masaoka, based in Los Angeles. Carolee’s poem honors the warrior within her grandmother, a samurai’s daughter and a farmer’s …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Half-empty/half-full
アーロン・カイセド=キムラ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
As we welcome 2024, we welcome another new writer to the Nikkei Uncovered space. We have three pieces of prose and poetry from Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, a Bloomfield CT based writer. The pieces here remind us of the transition through the in-between, what is at once behind and in front of …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 7
エイミー・ウエマツ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
Here we share a final installment of a long series tribute to the late, great Amy Uyematsu. Since July, following her passing on June 23, I’ve had the honor and pleasure of sharing many voices in celebration of Amy through Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column. And as I continue to …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 6
トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ, パム・ワード
This month, we have the pleasure of featuring two poems from the great Pam Ward in our continued homage to the late Amy Uyematsu. In the mid 1990’s, Pam and Amy, along with Gloria Alvarez, Jiseh James, and Nancy Padron, organized Cantaluz (“sing light”) to come together and read as …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 5
キャシー・ニシモト・マサオカ, ニーナ・チェン, ケイコ・イカリ・ミヤ, ジャニス・イワナガ・イェン, レン・タイセ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
As we continue to pay homage to the great Amy Uyematsu, we wanted to feature a special collective poem that was just presented last weekend at the Japanese American National Museum at Amy’s Celebration of Life by five friends of Amy - her best friend Lynn Taise and four writers …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 4
F. ダグラス・ブラウン, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
As we continue to pay homage to the great Amy Uyematsu — who, yes, I will continue to call the People’s Poet Laureate of J-Town — I am so grateful and honored to present a poem in this series of homage, by another one of my favorite people and writers, …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 3
テレサ・メイ・チュック, マイク・ソンクセン, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
This month, we continue to pay tribute to Amy Uyematsu with two wonderful poetry and prose pieces from powerful LA writers. Amy was an inspiration to many and I am so pleased to feature work here by Teresa Mei Chuc and Mike Sonksen. Both of these inspiring writers were colleagues and …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyematsu: After — Part 2
ミヤ・イワタキ, ニーナ・チェン, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyematsu: After — Part 1
ケイコ・イカリ・ミヤ, キャシー・ニシモト・マサオカ, トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
When first asked to curate the Nikkei Uncovered poetry column in 2016, the very first person I wanted to feature was the great Amy Uyematsu. Alongside the countless many, I am yet another poet/writer who holds so much sorrow with the loss of Amy after her long and fierce battle …