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Kashiwagi, Hiroshi. Ed(S): Yamamura, Tim - Starting from Loomis & Other Stories - 9781607322535 - V9781607322535
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Starting from Loomis & Other Stories

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Description for Starting from Loomis & Other Stories Paperback. Editor(s): Yamamura, Tim. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 279.
A memoir in short stories, Starting from Loomis chronicles the life of accomplished writer, playwright, poet, and actor Hiroshi Kashiwagi. In this dynamic portrait of an aging writer trying to remember himself as a younger man, Kashiwagi recalls and reflects upon the moments, people, forces, mysteries, and choices—the things in his life that he cannot forget—that have made him who he is.Central to this collection are Kashiwagi’s confinement at Tule Lake during World War II, his choice to answer “no” and “no” to questions 27 and 28 on the official government loyalty questionnaire, and the resulting lifelong stigma of being labeled a “No-No ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9781607322535
SKU
V9781607322535
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About Kashiwagi, Hiroshi. Ed(S): Yamamura, Tim
Hiroshi Kashiwagi is a Nisei writer, playwright, actor, and the winner of the American Book Award in 2005 for Swimming in the American: A Memoir and Selected Writings.

Reviews for Starting from Loomis & Other Stories
“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 more

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