“It is in fact everything that Kashiwagi doesn’t say, everything between the lines of his pen, everything hovering so delicately above the narrative, that is so heartbreaking and painful . . . These stories recuperate from erasure the history of Japanese American immigration and internment, especially that of the Tule Lake detention, and the sensibilities and trauma of a Nisei ... Read morewhose long life, creative talents, and desire to write have allowed him to reflect on this past.” —Karen Tei Yamashita, University of California, Santa Cruz "When you're listening to Nisei talk, you'll hear the phrase, 'Before the war. . .', followed by a momentary pause or silence. Hiroshi Kashiwagi fills that silence with a rich and evocative narrative voice rooted in the American literary landscape named Loomis." —Shawn Wong, University of Washington   "Hiroshi Kashiwagi has never been an ​'inside-the-box​' sort of writer, playwright, poet or performer, and his memoir is no different.​ ​. .​ ​.​ ​His writing style is conversational and easy to read, but readers beware. Once in a while, Kashiwagi packs a sucker-punch in his understated narrative, letting readers know that what is unsaid is just as powerful as what he has imparted." —Nichi Bei Weekly  Show Less