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Frank Abe @FrankAbe

FRANK ABE é coeditor com Floyd Cheung de uma nova antologia da Penguin Classics, THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION. Ele é o autor principal de uma graphic novel, WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, finalista em Creative Nonfiction para o Washington State Book Award. Ele ganhou um American Book Award como coeditor de JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy, no qual ele escreveu a primeira biografia de Okada e traçou as origens de seu romance. Ele escreveu e dirigiu o premiado documentário da PBS CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION e ajudou a organizar o primeiro "Day of Remembrance".

Seattle, Washington, Estados Unidos Nima desde 2015 Login Mais Recente: 3 weeks atrás
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Chiana Fujiwara is a junior at University of California, Irvine, where she studies psychology. Born and raised in Southern California, she is a fifth-generation Japanese American and Mexican American, and a second-generation Chinese American. Chiana enjoys solo traveling, studying in cafes, and learning about history. She also translates ancient Chinese poetry, which you can read on her website. Chiana hopes to become a clinical psychologist.

Chiana has been a Discover Nikkei volunteer writer since fall 2022, where she writes about present-day Nikkei culture in the United States. Stay tuned for more of her insightful stories in the coming months!

What do you like most about Discover Nikkei?

Throughout my time with Discover Nikkei, I have been able to dip my toes into the wide breadth of knowledge and cultural understanding that comes with interviewing many incredible artists and their works and stories from the overseas Japanese community! It has been a great privilege to learn more about those with similar backgrounds and how they each choose to uniquely embrace their identities, as well as more about the local culture and history of Japanese Americans and other overseas Japanese. I grew up with my attention mainly turned to mainstream media, which was not usually Japanese, so being able to discover and share with others the talented individuals who make media catered to spreading Japanese American culture or just generally can be there to serve as role models in the Japanese American and Asian American community is a very lovely feeling!

How do you connect to your Nikkei identity?

Aside from connecting to my Nikkei identity through speaking with my family about their experiences being Japanese American, I also have recently begun to explore Japanese food a lot more! I personally believe that food is the key to culture, and it has been dozens of fun getting to try out Japanese places with friends and try a bunch of different foods I’ve never had before. I’ve also joined the Japanese Student Association at my school, so from there I’ve met some really wonderful people who are very much more well-versed in Japanese culture than I am and are willing to help me navigate that part of my identity (especially through food).

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