Starting from Loomis and Other Stories Hiroshi Kashiwagi ; edited with an introduction by Tim Yamamura ; afterword by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashiwagi, Hiroshi, 1922-2019.

Contributor:

Yamamura, Tim.

Series:

Nikkei in the Americas

George and Sakaye Aratani Nikkei in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--California--Biography.

Japanese Americans.

California--Biography.

California.

Kashiwagi, Hiroshi, 1922-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 internment 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 Boy" after his years of incarceration. His nonlinear, multifaceted writing not only reflects the fragmentations of memory induced by traumas of racism, forced removal, and internment but also can be read as a bold personal response to the impossible conditions he and other Nisei faced throughout their lifetimes"-- Provided by publisher.

"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 Boy" after his years of incarceration. His nonlinear, multifaceted writing not only reflects the fragmentations of memory induced by traumas of racism, forced removal, and imprisonment but also can be read as a bold personal response to the impossible conditions he and other Nisei faced throughout their lifetimes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Hiroshi Kashiwagi: A Disquieted American""; ""Part I""; ""Starting from Loomis""; ""My Parents""; ""Sacramento Nihonmachi""; ""Nihongo Gakko""; ""Bento""; ""Three Spanish Girls""; ""Dominguez""; ""I Will Go and Return""; ""After Supper""; ""New Year�s Eve, 1940""; ""Papa�s Hat""; ""Part II""; ""Little Theater in Camp""; ""Starting from Loomis . . . Again""; ""Swimming in the American""; ""Tuberculosis in Our Family""; ""Summer Job at Mount Baldy""; ""Nisei Experimental Group and Later""; ""Career as a Librarian""

""Barracuda and Other Fish""""Tule Lake Revisited""; ""What It Means to Be Nisei""; ""The Funeral""; ""Birth Certificate Story""; ""Live Oak Store""; ""No Brakes""; ""Afterword""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781492001553

1492001554

9781607322542

1607322544

OCLC:

864757499