The gate of memory : poems by descendants of Nikkei wartime incarceration

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The gate of memory : poems by descendants of Nikkei wartime incarceration

edited by Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda ; with a foreword by Mitsuye Yamada

Haymarket Books, 2025

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Chiefly in English; some poems in Japanese

Summary: "This anthology of Nikkei poetry is the first of this kind. These poems expresses a range of experiences and perspectives from the afterlife of this historical yet enduring injustice. With a foreword by acclaimed poet, activist, and concentration camp survivor, Mitsuye Yamada, The Gate of Memory explores intergenerational trauma as the contributors, all of whom are descendants of those who were incarcerated, sift through an intimate record of wartime incarceration"--Back cover

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