Seize
Seize, Brian Komei Dempster’s follow-up to Topaz, spares no one the highs and lows of fatherhood. The speaker struggles to care for his young and ailing child—a child whose many medical…
- September 5, 2020
Topaz
Topaz, Brian Komei Dempster’s debut poetry collection, examines the experiences of a Japanese American family separated and incarcerated in American World War II prison camps. This volume delves into the…
- July 18, 2013
Collecting Nisei Stories
The Collecting Nisei Stories project and website encourages former camp prisoners to tell their own stories of wartime incarceration and post-war resettlement. This collection—published here online for the first time—offers…
- July 15, 2013
Making Home from War
With honesty and an eye for detail, Making Home from War is the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning From Our Side of the Fence. Written by twelve Japanese American elders…
- July 15, 2013
From Our Side of the Fence
From Our Side of the Fence contains the first-person accounts of eleven former camp prisoners who recall their memories of youth in America’s concentration camps. This collection traces each author’s…
- July 15, 2013