Seattle Times print review

REVIEWS and INTERVIEWS

PODCASTS

Cascadian Prophets Podcast, October 1, 2024
Frank Abe on The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,” interview conducted September 20 by Paul E. Nelson

BROADCAST

NPR “Here and Now,” May 16, 2024
Japanese American authors tell of WWII experiences in new collection,”
radio interview with Scott Tong

KING-TV “New Day Northwest,” May 15, 2024
The voices of people unjustly imprisoned during World War II are collected in new book,” television interview with Amity Addrisi

Q & A INTERVIEWS

graphicBook Notions, November 10, 2024
Q&A With Frank Abe,”
interview with Bianca Vandenbos

Discover Nikkei, October 7, 2024
logoNarratives of Resilience and Resistance—Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung on The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
Q and A interview with writer Jonathan van Harmelen

Soapberry Review, October 1, 2024
logoThe Literature of Japanese American Incarceration: A conversation with Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung,”
Q and A interview with editor Audrey Fong

REVIEWS AND FEATURES 

logoL.A. Taco, December 18, 2024
The 38 Best Books of 2024,”
review by Mike Sonksen

Friends of Minidoka blog, November 19, 2024
Friends of Minidoka logoBook Highlight: The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
review by Shannon Reagan

logoDiscover Nikkei, October 21, 2024
Revisiting the Canon: A Review of Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung’s anthology The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
review by Jonathan van Harmelen

logoNichi Bei News, July 18, 2024
Voices of protest and dissent,
review by Rachel Endo

Pacific Citizen, June 24, 2024
Literature of Japanese American Incarceration’ Shares Stories,”
review/interview by Gil Asakawa

Library Journal, June 21, 2024
The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,” review by John Rodzvilla (paywall)

Post Alley logoPost Alley, June 9, 2024
Incarceration: New Book Depicts Japanese American Internment,”
review by Fred Moody

The New Yorker logoThe New Yorker, June 4, 2024
A Portrait of Japanese America, in the Shadow of the Camps,” 
review/essay by Hua Hsu (paywall)

East Wind, May 15, 2024
Missing links of my history and warnings for our country’s future,”
review by Peter Horikoshi

Literary Hub logoLiterary Hub, May 15, 2024
Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization,”
featuring the anthology excerpt, “I Am a Prisoner in a Concentration Camp in My Own Country” by Kiyo Sato

Densho logoDensho Blog, May 15, 2024
Unlocking the Voices of Issei and Kibei Nisei Writers,” guest post by Frank Abe introducing the anthology excerpt, “They Took Our Father Too” by Fujiwo Tanisaki

Alta Journal logoAlta Journal, May 13, 2024
Executive Disorder,”
review by books editor David Ulin

Seattle Times logoThe Seattle Times, May 7, 2024
New anthology highlights Japanese American incarceration literature,”
review/interview by Paul Constant

International Examiner logoInternational Examiner, May 1, 2024
Landmark Penguin anthology brings to light the multifaceted literature of Japanese American incarceration,”
review by Ana Tanaka

Booklist graphicBooklist: the book review journal of the American Library Association,
March 15, 2024
The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
review by Terry Hong

The history and literature of Japanese American resistance to wartime incarceration