PODCASTS
“No-No Boy and the Japanese American Migration to Detroit,” interview by Timothy Kiska, The Detroit History Podcast, November 8, 2921
“No-No Novel: Resurrecting the legacy of John Okada, the first Japanese American novelist,” interview by Stephanie Bastek, The American Scholar podcast, July 20, 2918
RADIO
“This weekend, the story of John Okada comes back to life,” interviewed by Bill Radke, KUOW-FM “The Record,” September 20, 2018
PRINT AND ONLINE
“Frank Abe’s Search for an Authentic History,” interview by Elaine Ikoma Ko, North American Post, November 14, 2021
“A flair for the dramatic: Frank Abe talks about the first Day of Remembrance, the fight for No-No Boy, and more,” interview by Bruce Rutledge, North American Post, July 11, 2019
“Mystery No-No More: New Book Explores John Okada’s Life, Lost Works,” news feature and review by George Toshio Johnston,
Pacific Citizen, February 22, 2019
“No-No Boy Author John Okada, Rediscovered,” interviewed by Kimiko Medlock, Discover Nikkei, January 21, 2019
VIDEO
TADAIMA! A COMMUNITY VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE
Friday, July 10, 2020, 5:00 pm PDT
Tadaima! Book Club Discussion of No-No Boy
Join John Okada co-editor Frank Abe and moderator Vince Schleitwiler for a live Book Club presentation and discussion of the novel NO-NO BOY and the story of the author behind it. Learn how a Nisei veteran of the MIS came to write the classic work of fiction about a Nisei draft resister. Watch on the JAMP YouTube channel:
LOS ANGELES, CA
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Japanese American National Museum
100 N. Central Ave.
Southern California book launch for JOHN OKADA with co-editors Frank Abe, Greg Robinson, and special guests, at an event moderated by Densho’s Brian Niiya.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 @ 12 noon
National Japanese American Historical Society
1684 Post Street, San Francisco Japantown
The first half of a double-header for the Bay Area book launch of JOHN OKADA, with co-editors Frank Abe and Greg Robinson. See the Facebook Event and download the flyer.