Book review
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Corky Lee told the story of 50 years of Asian America through his camera
July 18, 2024 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
FIFTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: CORKY LEE’S ASIAN AMERICA By Corky Lee; edited by Chee Wang Ng, Mae Ngai (New York: Clarkson Potter., 2024, 320 pp., $50, hardcover) “Corky Lee’s […] READ MORE
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Simple vegetarian meals with global inspirations
July 18, 2024 by Akiko Minaga, Nichi Bei News
Japanese Style Plant-Based Cooking: Amazing Vegan Recipes from Japan’s Leading Macrobiotic Chef and Food Writer By Yumiko Kano (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2024, 121 pp., $18.99, hardcover) One might […] READ MORE
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Unsung Nisei trailblazer
July 18, 2024 by Lisa Tsukamoto
Rising Above: The Wataru “Wat” Misaka Story By Hayley Diep, illustrated by Naomi Giddings (Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books 2023, 32 pp., $18.95, hardcover) Hayley Diep, San Francisco Bay Area writer […] READ MORE
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Through a child’s eyes
July 18, 2024 by Lisa Tsukamoto
MY LOST FREEDOM: A JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II STORY By George Takei, illustrated by Michelle Lee (New York: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024, 47 pp., $19.99, hardcover) “My […] READ MORE
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How resilience and beauty shaped artist Ruth Asawa
July 18, 2024 by Wendi Yamashita, Nichi Bei News
RUTH ASAWA: AN ARTIST TAKES SHAPE By Sam Nakahira (Los Angeles: Getty Publications. 2024, 112 pp., $19.95, Hardcover) In her debut graphic novel, “Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape,” Sam […] READ MORE
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Voices of protest and dissent
July 18, 2024 by Rachel Endo
THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION By Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung (New York: Penguin Books, 2024, 314 pp. $20, paperback) Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung have curated a dynamic […] READ MORE
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Reckoning with the trauma of a family’s unjust incarceration
July 18, 2024 by Koji Lau-Ozawa
THE POET AND THE SILK GIRL: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, IMPRISONMENT, AND PROTEST By Satsuki Ina (Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books, 2024, 312 pp., $35, hardcover) Satsuki Ina’s book, “The Poet […] READ MORE
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Rethinking WWII incarceration narratives
July 18, 2024 by Chrissy Yee Lau
CARCERAL ENTANGLEMENTS: GENDERED PUBLIC MEMORIES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II INCARCERATION By Wendi Yamashita (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2024, 196 pp., $26.95, paperback) While scholarship on World War II […] READ MORE
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Anthology pinpoints JA experiences in the 1930s
July 18, 2024 by Art Hansen, Nichi Bei News
JAPANESE AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE PACIFIC WAR: AN UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE 1930S Edited by Eiichiro Azuma and Kaoru Ueda (Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press, 2024, 310 pp. […] READ MORE
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Intriguing narratives on understudied JAs
July 18, 2024 by Koji Lau-Ozawa
The Unknown Great: Stories of Japanese Americans at the Margins of History By Greg Robinson with Jonathan van Harmelen (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2024, 276 pp., $30, paperback) “The […] READ MORE
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