Reading of Topaz, screening of Hidden Legacy by Shirley Kayuzo Muramoto‐Wong, presentation by Kimi Kodani Hill, author of Topaz Moon, and short video on Topaz by Evan Kodani.
Reading poems from Topaz in a group presentation with fellow authors--Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Cassandra Dunn, Rita M. Gardner, Glen David Gold, Susan Ito, Claudia Long, Robert Thomas, and Zarina Zabrisky--in the Why There Are Words series curated by Peg Alford Pursell.
Interview about my debut poetry collection, Topaz, with Forrest Hamer, PhD, as part of the Poetry and Psychoanalysis series.
Reading poems from Topaz in a reading featuring various perspectives on the camp experience with poets Mitsuye Yamada, host and author of Camp Notes, Nellie Wong, Mariko Nagai, author of Dust of Eden, and Brynn Saito, author of The Palace of Contemplating Departure.
Poetry reading with Dean Rader, author of Works & Days and Landscape Portrait Figure Form, and Daniel Wolff, author of The Names of Birds.
Co-presentation with Motoya Nakamura--in conjunction with Sakura Sakura exhibit--that showcases the power of poetry, writing, and visual art to express complex issues of identity and the legacy of Japanese Americans.
In this workshop, open to prose writers and poets of all ages and backgrounds, participants will use freewriting, revision, and in-depth feedback as tools to create work that can spark new writing possibilities or build on an existing project. The class will address these types of questions: How do we synthesize our experiences and histories with acts…
Co-Presentation with Janice P. Nimura, author of Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back (Norton).