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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Homeland
Toshi Washizu, Suma Yagi, traci kato-kiriyama
This month we feature Suma Yagi, an 89-year-old Nisei based in Seattle whose family was sent to Minidoka during World War II, and Toshi Washizu, a filmmaker originally from Japan who is now based in San Francisco. In light of the commemoration of Executive Order 9066 and the 75th anniversary …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Roots
Sean Miura, Mari L'Esperance, traci kato-kiriyama
Happy 2017, everyone! With quite the gripping year behind us, I find myself needing to look ahead from a grounded place and in order to do so, I look to all kinds of conversations and all forms of art. To fill up on inspiration, in the way we filled up …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Location
Amy Uyematsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, traci kato-kiriyama
For the column’s inaugural post, we wanted to begin with the theme of place, location, and community and to highlight two veteran poets—Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Nisei poet based in San Francisco since 1962, and Amy Uyematsu, Sansei poet and native Angeleno. We are excited to begin with two writers who dedicate …
an homage for Yuri Kochiyama - read at the Los Angeles Memorial for Yuri on August 31, 2014
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an homage for Yuri… — You were the first stamp on the letter for the least likely to receive the last one to forget a face
Oldest-and-Still-Running-Asian-American Blah Blah Blah...
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If you’ve heard about a thing called “Tuesday Night Cafe” you might have heard this line: “We’re one of the longest-running, free, public art+community series in Downtown L.A. and the oldest-and-still-running Asian American-run open mic space in the country…”