Laurel Fujisawa
@intrepidmouseLaurel Fujisawa é uma nipo-americana de terceira geração que mora em Chicago e é membro do Conselho de Administração da Sociedade Histórica Nipo-Americana de Chicago. Ela tem uma paixão vitalícia por têxteis, o que se reflete em sua extensa coleção de quimonos vintage e antigos e tecidos japoneses, concentrando-se na era Taisho.
Atualizado em julho de 2009
Stories from This Author
Building the Timeline ... Re-connecting to Community
10 de Agosto de 2007 • Laurel Fujisawa
Growing up as a Sansei in Chicago, I didn’t hear much about the internment camps and the postwar resettlement from the Issei and Nisei in my family. It seemed they never wanted to talk about it. They were more interested in getting on with their lives, never looking back. Once in awhile, Dad would reminisce about growing up in Fresno, California, about Italian bakeries, Redwood forests, and the taste of fruit fresh off the trees, which of course, are much …
