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A’misa Chiu


A’misa Chiu is a Yonsei librarian and zinester who publishes under the label Eyeball Burp Press. She organizes community art events and festivals, teaches zine workshops to youth, and is one of the main organizers of the Portland Zine Symposium. A&rsquop;misa and her spouse Alex have a kid named Mazzy who has a YouTube show, The Mazzy Show.

Updated June 2018


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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Weaving

June 21, 2018 • A’misa Chiu , Kyoko Nakamaru , traci kato-kiriyama

Happy summer, everyone! We’re excited to bring two more new voices to the Discover Nikkei platform - originally from the Midwest and now residing in LA, Kyoko Nakamaru; and originally from the South Bay and now residing in Portland, A’misa Chiu. Kyoko’s pieces connect her sense of self to another time and another shore in her lineage. A’misa’s deeply personal piece weaves in and out of the context of cultural silence sometimes too well known within Nikkeihood. Both poets’ pieces …

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