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Issei Spirits
rattling rice cookergohan steamingissei ghost escapespirits risejust in timeto wash up for dinner c…

Tony Osumi • March 24, 2014

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activism food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns literature migration Nihonmachi poetry social action Yonsei
activism food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns literature migration Nihonmachi poetry social action Yonsei
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Half Girl from Full Mother
Long before my mother was ever a child, She dreamt of my face as her Eurasian song,Never looking aw…

Francesca Yukari Biller • March 11, 2014

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hapa literature poetry racially mixed people
hapa literature poetry racially mixed people
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Native Sons of Fresno, California Look Back
I’m writing a Densho Encyclopedia entry now on the poet Lawson Fusao Inada. He’s a thir…

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 1, 2013

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California Densho Fresno generations jazz Lawson Fusao Inada literature music poetry poets Sansei United States World War II World War II camps
California Densho Fresno generations jazz Lawson Fusao Inada literature music poetry poets Sansei United States World War II World War II camps
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Your Hands Guide Me Through Trains
From the bridge we stare down at the track, searchingthe arch, where rails curve out of darkness. Y…

Brian Komei Dempster • Aug. 23, 2013

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families imprisonment incarceration literature poetry religion trains World War II World War II camps
families imprisonment incarceration literature poetry religion trains World War II World War II camps
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Moriso Teraoka - Nisei Veteran’s “What If?” Attitude Brings Joy to Kapi‘olani Community College
Frequent visitors to Kapi‘olani Community College have probably seen the expansive garden of …

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • July 23, 2013

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agriculture armed forces cactus colleges gardening gardens Hawaii Kapi‘olani Community College literature Moriso Teraoka poetry retired military personnel United States veterans
agriculture armed forces cactus colleges gardening gardens Hawaii Kapi‘olani Community College literature Moriso Teraoka poetry retired military personnel United States veterans
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Albert Saijo: Karmic Heart
When the phone rang unexpectedly early one morning in 2009, I couldn’t believe it, but it was…

Patricia Wakida • July 5, 2013

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Albert Saijo authors Buddhism California literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Marin County Mill Valley nature Northern California Nyogen Senzaki poetry poets religions San Francisco United States writers Zen
Albert Saijo authors Buddhism California literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Marin County Mill Valley nature Northern California Nyogen Senzaki poetry poets religions San Francisco United States writers Zen
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Language and Silence—The Poetry of Asano Miyata Saijo (1891-1966)
In July 1932, on the occasion of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, The Kashu Mainichi ran an article w…

Patricia Wakida • June 5, 2013

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Asano Miyata Sanjo authors brides California generations haiku Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hinatabokko (book) immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language newspapers Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) literature Los Angeles migration Montebello newspapers picture brides poetry prewar Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) Tachibana Ginza (journal) United States wives World War II World War II camps writers Wyoming
Asano Miyata Sanjo authors brides California generations haiku Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hinatabokko (book) immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language newspapers Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) literature Los Angeles migration Montebello newspapers picture brides poetry prewar Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) Tachibana Ginza (journal) United States wives World War II World War II camps writers Wyoming
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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity
Radio Station KOBY in Medford, Oregon
Daytime we could get only two radio stations—small town stations in Medford and Klamath Falls…

Hiroshi Kashiwagi • May 30, 2013

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California communication concentration camps Japanese Americans literature no-no boys Oregon poetry radio sociology telecommunication Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
California communication concentration camps Japanese Americans literature no-no boys Oregon poetry radio sociology telecommunication Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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The Asian American Literary Review
Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 2
Read Jeffrey Angles’ short essay about Wild Grass on the Riverbank >>  Mother Lead…

Hiromi Itō • Aug. 12, 2012

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immigration literature poetry
immigration literature poetry
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The Asian American Literary Review
Poems by Hiromi Itō -- from Wild Grass on the Riverbank - Part 1
Read Jeffrey Angles’ short essay about Wild Grass on the Riverbank >>  Mother Lead…

Hiromi Itō • Aug. 5, 2012

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Hiromi Ito immigration literature poetry
Hiromi Ito immigration literature poetry
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