memoir
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Author deftly weaves mental health, myth and multigenerational trauma into speculative memoir
January 1, 2024 by Sharon Yamato
THE NIGHT PARADE: A SPECULATIVE MEMOIR By Jami Nakamura Lin; illustrations by Cori Nakamura Lin (New York: Mariner Books, 2023, 352 pp., $30, hardcover) There is something incredibly bold, brave […] READ MORE
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A new memoir serves up life lessons from a childhood in a Chinese restaurant
October 26, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Many parents tell their children never talk to strangers. But Curtis Chin’s parents urged their six kids to ask customers at their Chinese restaurant about their background. It was their […] READ MORE
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Mazie Hirono’s journey from underdog to advocate for underserved populations
July 22, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
HEART OF FIRE: AN IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER’S STORY By Mazie K. Hirono (New York: Viking Books, 2021, 416 pp., $28, hardcover) Sen. Mazie K. Hirono is a badass. Hirono vaulted to national consciousness when she became an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, which she deemed a threat to […] READ MORE
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Nobuko Miyamoto’s riveting stories — on and off the stage
July 22, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
NOT YO’ BUTTERFLY: MY LONG SONG OF RELOCATION, RACE, LOVE AND REVOLUTION By Nobuko Miyamoto (Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, 2021, 344 pp., $29.95, paperback) Playful, provocative, never boring […] READ MORE
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‘Finding wellness in one’s roots’
January 1, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit By Candice Kumai (New York: Harper Wave, 2018, 336 pp., $29.99 hardcover) Candice Kumai is a well known wellness […] READ MORE
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Fathoming the ‘lessons and limits of history’
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
LETTERS TO MEMORY By Karen Tei Yamashita (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2017, 200 pp., $19.95, paperback) In his insightful Sept. 13, 2017 Christian Science Monitor review of Karen Tei Yamashita’s […] READ MORE
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A Nisei’s path to pacifism
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MY LIFE’S JOURNEY By Ted T. Tsukiyama (Honolulu, Watermark Publishing, 2017, 160 pp., $17.95, paperback) Ted Tsukiyama is a charter member of the Nisei, “the Greatest Generation.” Born in Hawai‘i […] READ MORE
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SF: Presentation for book of post-WWII memoirs
February 17, 2011 by Nichi Bei Web
There will be a presentation and celebration for “Making Home from War,” an anthology of memoirs on the Japanese American post-war resettlement experience, on Sunday, Feb. 27, from 4 to […] READ MORE
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