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
Book Notions, November 10, 2024
“Q&A With Frank Abe,”
interview with Bianca Vandenbos
Discover Nikkei, October 7, 2024
“Narratives 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
“The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration: A conversation with Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung,”
Q and A interview with editor Audrey Fong
REVIEWS AND FEATURES
L.A. Taco, December 18, 2024
“The 38 Best Books of 2024,”
review by Mike Sonksen
Friends of Minidoka blog, November 19, 2024
“Book Highlight: The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
review by Shannon Reagan
Discover 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
Nichi 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, June 9, 2024
“Incarceration: New Book Depicts Japanese American Internment,”
review by Fred Moody
The 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, 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 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, May 13, 2024
“Executive Disorder,”
review by books editor David Ulin
The Seattle Times, May 7, 2024
“New anthology highlights Japanese American incarceration literature,”
review/interview by Paul Constant
International Examiner, May 1, 2024
“Landmark Penguin anthology brings to light the multifaceted literature of Japanese American incarceration,”
review by Ana Tanaka
Booklist: the book review journal of the American Library Association,
March 15, 2024
“The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,”
review by Terry Hong