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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT—The life and times of Hisaye Yamamoto: writer, activist, speaker

Hisaye Yamamoto, who died on Jan. 30, 2011 at the age of 89, remains known primarily as a literary …

Greg Robinson +1 • March 14, 2012

authors Hisaye Yamamoto literature writers

Welcome to the Writers Workshop

The Undeniables writers workshop was formed in 1999, inspired by a chapter from the novel VALLEY (B…

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 14, 2011

authors books Erik Matsunaga library materials literature poetry publications The Undeniables (firm) Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama workshops writers

Passing on the traditions of Japanese home cooking: Food writer, Sonoko Sakai

Growing up overseas, but "Japanese" at home I asked Sonoko Sakai, who is a contributing writer to T…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 25, 2011

criticism food food writers Japanese food noodles soba Sonoko Sakai

Ken Mochizuki – Be Water, My Friend

Award-winning author Ken Mochizuki has always been fascinated by storytelling. Born in Seattle, Was…

Susan Osa • Feb. 3, 2010

authors books Bruce Lee interviews Ken Mochizuki library materials picture books publications writers

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Allen Say: Music for Alice

“I heard about Alice from a great shiatsu master, a strapping man in his early forties, while…

Darryl Mori • Jan. 20, 2010

Alice Sumida Allen Say artists authors dance illustrators Music for Alice (book) writers

Catching Lightning in a Jar

When you’re a writer, everything that happens to you is a potential story you will one day wr…

Dwight Okita • Jan. 6, 2010

authors Chicago Dwight Okita families fathers generations human sexuality Illinois literature mothers parents Sansei United States writers

Fernando Iwasaki y sus reflexiones sobre identidad, literatura y tecnología

La Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa llevó a Lima a muchos escritores de habla hispana. De…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • June 30, 2014

authors Fernando Iwasaki literature Peru Spain writers

Augusto Higa: “Escribir es realizarte a ti mismo”

Augusto Higa, ganador del Premio Nacional de Creación Literaria “José Watanabe …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Oct. 11, 2013

Augusto Higa Oshiro authors Japan literature Okinawa Prefecture Peru writers

アメリカ移民文学、最後の旗手 ~山城正雄さん~

45年間コラム執筆、96歳の今も現役アメリカ在住の沖縄県出身者を対象に取材を始めて２年になる。沖縄系であれば、沖縄生まれでない日系二世、三世、四世といった新世代でもいいし、血縁としてはまったくの無関…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 2, 2012

authors generations Japan Japanese Americans Kibei literature Masao Yamashiro Nisei Okinawa Prefecture writers

アメリカと日本で反核を訴え続ける作家・米谷ふみ子さん

終戦時に実感した「命の大切さ」作家の米谷ふみ子さんは1930年大阪生まれ。十代の前半までの貴重な青春時代が戦争の時期と重なっていた。「戦争が終わるまでずっと子供心に憂鬱でした。とにかく、毎日、家…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 4, 2011

authors Fumiko Kometani war writers

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