REVIEWS, FEATURES and INTERVIEWS
GraphicMEMOIR.co.uk blog, July 19, 2024
“WW2 Graphic Novelist Spotlight: Frank Abe,” interview by Jonathan Sandler
Fifth Estate, Fall 2022
“U.S. Concentration Camps Illustrated”
review by David Lester, page 1 and page 2
Book Riot, October 6, 2022
“10 Fascinating Graphic Nonfiction Books For Curious Minds,”
review by Isabelle Popp
Post Alley, July 24, 2022
“We Hereby Refuse:
The Japanese American Incarceration,”
review/interview by Mike James
No Flying, No Tights, June 23, 2022
“We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,”
review by Jerry Dear, San Francisco Public Library
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, June 22, 2022
“Revolutionizing Japanese American Literature for Young Adults,” review by Rachel Endo
World Literature Today, March 2022
“We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,”
review by Alison Mandaville
The Mary Sue, February 19, 2022
“6+ Books, Graphic Novels That Spotlight the Generational Trauma of Japanese American Internment,”
review by Alyssa Shotwell
AAJA Defined, February 18, 2022
“We Hereby Refuse to forget
the incarceration of Japanese Americans”
feature by Yi-Shen Loo
KCBS Radio, San Francisco
February 14, 2022
“The Bay Area recognizes the internment of Japanese Americans over the weekend,”
interview by Jennifer Hodges
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
February 9, 2022
“Author to share stories of resistance on Day of Remembrance,”
interview by Leslie Brown
Washington Game Changers podcast
January 28, 2022
“Frank Abe, longtime advocate for Japanese Americans, on the Day of Remembrance and We Hereby Refuse,”
interview by Lauri Hennessey
Young Adult Library Services Association, December 16, 2021
“Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2022) Featured Review,” review by Shaira Rock
North American Post, November 14, 2021
“Frank Abe’s Search for an Authentic History,” interview by Elaine Ikoma Ko
School Library Journal, September 9, 2021
“Nonfiction Graphic Novels Spotlight Microhistories and Overlooked Historical Figures,” review by Brigid Alverson
KIRO7 News, August 20, 2021
“Western Washington Gets Real: New graphic novel highlights resistance to Japanese American internment,”
TV feature by Deborah Horne
Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine, August 8, 2021
“Seattle Now & Then: King Street Station,”
a photo essay and interview by Jean Sherrard
Nichi Bei Weekly, July 22, 2021
“Graphic novel documents acts of resistance,” review by Martha Nakagawa
Rafu Shimpo, July 1, 2021
“A Potent Introduction to Stories of Resistance,” review by Martha Nakagawa
International Examiner, June 16, 2021
“‘We Hereby Refuse’: The stories of a lasting refusal,” review by Ana Tanaka
Smithsonian BookDragon, June 15, 2021
“We Hereby Refuse,” Terry Hong’s review for the ALA Booklist, reposted in a more readable format.
KUOW 94.9 FM, Seattle, June 14, 2021
“The Record,” interview with Bill Radke
(third button on the webpage)
Discover Nikkei, Los Angeles, June 11, 2021
“We Hereby Refuse: The Illustrated Stories of Camp Resistance,” interview by Kyra Karatsu
Seattle Times, June 10, 2021
“The Washingtonians behind ‘We Hereby Refuse’ take us inside this story of Japanese American resilience,” interview by Rebekah Denn
Booklist: the book review journal of the American Library Association, June 1 and June 15 double issue, 2021
“Graphic Novels: Spotlight on Biography and Memoir,” book review by Terry Hong
Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, June 10, 2021
“‘We Hereby Refuse: Internment camp’s haunting history and humanity,” interview by Andrew Hamlin
Crosscut.com, Seattle, June 7, 2021
“NW comic book chronicles Japanese Americans who fought internment,” feature by Paul Constant
KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA, June 3, 2021
“Never Again: The Resisters,”
radio interview with Miko Lee & Jalena Keene-Lee
Asian American Curriculum Project, May 27, 2021
“An Interview with Frank Abe,”
interview with Leonard Chan
The Seattle Times, May 27, 2021
“Looking for some great summer reading? Here are 8 page-turners to start, ” book review by Moira Macdonald
Spectrum News One May 26, 2021
“Inside the Issues”
cable-TV interview with Alex Cohen
Rafu Shimpo, Los Angeles, May 18, 2021
“BOOKS: We Hereby Refuse Speaks Truth to Power to Young Readers,” book review by Edward Iwata
South Seattle Emerald, May 18, 2021
“New Graphic Novel Tells Three Stories of Nikkei Resistance to Wartime Incarceration,“
interview by Mark Van Streefkerk
The News Tribune, Tacoma, May 9, 2021
“Tacoma writer’s family history shapes graphic novel on resistance to WWII internment,”
news column by Matt Driscoll
KNKX 88.5 FM, Tacoma, May 8, 2021
“A new graphic novel draws parallels between wartime incarceration and modern-day America,”
interview by Kevin Kniestedt
Sacramento Bee, May 4, 2021
“Graphic novel shows Sacramento’s Japanese American WWII activists like you’ve never seen,”
Sunday feature by Ashley Wong
North American Post, Seattle, July 11, 2019
“A flair for the dramatic,“ interview by Bruce Rutledge with Frank Abe on development of We Hereby Refuse, the first Day of Remembrance, the fight for No-No Boy, and more.