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Never Been Better: Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson Uses Romantic Comedy to Explore Mental Illness
TORONTO — Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s offbeat and big-hearted romantic comedy, Neve…

Kelly Fleck • May 14, 2024

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authors comedy fiction generational trauma generations Japanese Canadians Leanne Toshiko Simpson literature mental health Never Been Better (book) novels romances writers Yonsei
authors comedy fiction generational trauma generations Japanese Canadians Leanne Toshiko Simpson literature mental health Never Been Better (book) novels romances writers Yonsei
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Author Leslie Shimotakahara's Novels Offer Literary Passageways to Places in the Past
TORONTO — Award-winning author Leslie Shimotakahara transports readers to another time a…

Kelly Fleck • April 30, 2024

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British Columbia Canada fiction Japanese Canadians Leslie Shimotakahara literature logging novels Ontario Queen Charlotte Islands Sisters of the Spruce (book) Toronto
British Columbia Canada fiction Japanese Canadians Leslie Shimotakahara literature logging novels Ontario Queen Charlotte Islands Sisters of the Spruce (book) Toronto
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We Are Not Strangers—A Story of a Sephardic Jew and His Japanese American Neighbor
Japanese Americans have heard about how non-Japanese helped some JA families during World War II. O…

Pamela A. Okano • April 19, 2024

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communities fiction graphic novels Jews Josh Tuininga Seattle United States Washington We are Not Strangers (book) World War II
communities fiction graphic novels Jews Josh Tuininga Seattle United States Washington We are Not Strangers (book) World War II
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Part 41 (Part 1) Interview with Christine Piper, an author of Japanese and Australian descent — The story behind the creation of her novel "After Dark"
The novel "After Darkness: A Japanese Doctor at Loveday Camp, Australia" (originally published in…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 22, 2023

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After Darkness (book) Australia authors Christine Piper fiction Imperial Japanese Army Japan Loveday internment camp Manshu Detachment 731 novels World War II camps writers
After Darkness (book) Australia authors Christine Piper fiction Imperial Japanese Army Japan Loveday internment camp Manshu Detachment 731 novels World War II camps writers
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Beyond Shogun: James Clavell's Japanese American History
The late author and screenwriter James Clavell is best remembered these days for his series of be…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 14, 2023

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authors history Japanese Americans prisoners prisoners of war The Sweet and the Bitter (film)
authors history Japanese Americans prisoners prisoners of war The Sweet and the Bitter (film)
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The Heart of Naomi Hirahara’s Evergreen
Naomi Hirahara is a Japanese American writer and journalist known for her award-winning mystery n…

Lincoln Der • Aug. 22, 2023

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Evergreen (book) fiction Japantowns mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara novels
Evergreen (book) fiction Japantowns mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara novels
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David Mura
David Mura is an Asian American poet, novelist, playwright, critic and performance artist whose w…

Sophie Munk • June 19, 2023

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authors David Mura literature novelists playwrights poetry poets
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Excerpt from Atomweight — Prologue
I took another sip of the too sweet cocktail in front of me. “Surprise me,” I had sai…

Emi Sasagawa • May 11, 2023

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Atomweight (book) Emi Sasagawa fiction novels
Atomweight (book) Emi Sasagawa fiction novels
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Interview with Emi Sasagawa, Author of Atomweight
Emi Sasagawa is an award-winning Brazilian-Japanese journalist living in Vancouver. Her work has be…

John Endo Greenaway • May 10, 2023

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authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
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Joe Oishi’s Nursery and The Promised Year
In October 2022, during a trip to Berkeley, California to do research at the Bancroft Library, I st…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 23, 2023

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California carnations fiction floriculture flowers Joe Oishi novels plants Richmond (Calif.) The Promised Year (book) United States Yoshiko Uchida
California carnations fiction floriculture flowers Joe Oishi novels plants Richmond (Calif.) The Promised Year (book) United States Yoshiko Uchida
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