book reviews
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Inaugural ‘Nichi Bei Book Fest’ honors Art Hansen
August 15, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation put on display the prolific nature of scholarship of Japanese American history at its first ever “Nichi Bei Book Fest” held July 27 at the KOHO […] READ MORE
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A ‘community study’ of Minidoka
January 1, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
AN EYE FOR INJUSTICE: ROBERT C. SIMS AND MINIDOKA Edited by Susan M. Stacy (Pullman, Wash.: Washington State University Press, 2020, 246 pp., $21.95, paperback) During the May 1995 symposium […] READ MORE
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A Nikkei incarceration odyssey
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
AN INTERNMENT ODYSSEY: HAISHO TENTEN By Suikei Furuya (Honolulu: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, 2017, 416 pp., $26, paperback) The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i has been responsible — in […] READ MORE
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Late poet’s grace shines through tragedies
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
ARE YOU AN ECHO? THE LOST POETRY OF MISUZU KANEKO Test and translation by David Jacobson, Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi; illustrations by Toshikado Hajiri (Seattle: Chin Music Press, 2016, […] READ MORE
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The art of sushi
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
SUSHI ART COOKBOOK: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KAZARI SUSHI By Ken Kawasumi (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2017, 128 pp., hardcover, $18.95) If you are a serious foodie interested in […] READ MORE
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Ramen history served up in bite-sized pieces
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
THE DISCOVERY OF RAMEN: THE ASIAN HALL OF FAME By Phil Amara and Oliver Chin, illustrated by Juan Calle (San Francisco: Immedium Publishers, 2017, 40 pp., hardcover) If you enjoy eating […] READ MORE
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Finding the melody
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
HANA HASHIMOTO, SIXTH VIOLIN By Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Qin Leng (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Kids Can Press, 2014, 32 pp.; $16.95, hardcover) Little Hana Hashimoto is going to play in the […] READ MORE
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Recapturing and reinventing a young heroine’s Bay Area WWII-era memories
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
THE LITTLE EXILE By JEANETTE S. ARAKAWA (Albany, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 240 pp., $14.95, paperback) “The Little Exile” leaps off the page into a 1940s reel-to-reel, with the vivid […] READ MORE
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Making friends through paper art
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
ORIGAMI PEACE CRANES: FRIENDSHIPS TAKE FLIGHT Written and illustrated by Sue DiCicco (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2017, 32 pp., 12 sheets of origami, $12.95, hardcover) This is an upbeat […] READ MORE
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Complicat(i)ng the ‘mosaic’ of history
January 1, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY Edited by David K. Yoo and Eiichiro Azuma (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 544 pp., $150, hardcover) This impressive volume, published at […] READ MORE
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