Stuff contributed by tnimura
How Do We Remember Japanese American History? A Descendant's Perspective
Tamiko Nimura
The following is adapted from a talk I gave at Plymouth Church in Seattle in February 2024.
Naomi Hirahara’s Meticulously-Researched Mystery about Postwar Midcentury Japanese America
Tamiko Nimura
There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen—a much-anticipated sequel to her novel, Clark and Division.
Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters
Tamiko Nimura
Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Northern California summer. On either side of the road stood barbed-wire fences, like the ones many of our family members spent years behind, surrounded by armed guards and guard towers, living …
One Fighting Irishman — A Conversation With Filmmaker Sharon Yamato
Tamiko Nimura
Wayne Mortimer Collins is an important name for my family. I first learned about this heroic, brash and outspoken attorney nearly twenty years ago while editing my uncle Hiroshi Kashiwagi’s first book, Swimming in the American (2005). I was surprised to see the book dedicated to Collins, and learned a …
Notes on Hoarding
Tamiko Nimura
My mom tells me that when my oldest Nisei auntie died in 2016, there were so many boxes in the shed next to her house. Fruit crates, to be exact. Corrugated white cardboard, insulated. Interlocking flaps on the top—enough to let the air circulate over and around the Bartlett pears, …