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One Book, One Coast: Tamiko Nimura discusses "A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake"
Nimura discusses her new memoir, a reckoning with her father’s death and the Japanese American incarceration, with Caitlin Oiye Coon, the Archives Director at Densho, and Shawn Wong, an author and professor at the University of Washington. This program was part of One Book, One Coast.
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| Posted August 2026
One Book, One Coast: Frank Abe on "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration"
Frank Abe and Tom Ikeda discuss literature written by Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II.
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| Posted June 2026
One Book, One Coast: Densho - Looking Back and Looking Ahead
In honor of Densho's 30th Anniversary, founder Tom Ikeda and Executive Director Naomi Kawamura discuss some of Densho's oral history archives and explore how their work has changed over the last 30 years and why it's more important than ever.
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| Posted June 2026
One Book, One Coast: Scott Kurashige discusses "American Peril"
Soctt Kurashige discusses his book with special guests Troy Osaki, Ana Tanaka and Vince Schleitwiler.
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| Posted June 2026