Jonathan Van Harmelen
A lost film? Remembering Bad Day at Black Rock
One would think that a film like Bad Day At Black Rock would be a household name. Directed by John Sturges (the same Sturges who directed The Magnificent Seven) and consisting of a star-studded...
“We Regret To Say” – The tenacity of Yoshiko Uchida
“We regret to say,” “After careful consideration,” “We are awfully sorry.” These phrases send shivers through the heart of an aspiring writer. Of course, rejection is a common part of life for a writer....
Kenneth Yasuda: The Nisei poet who foresaw the success of No-No Boy
Have you ever heard of the poet Kenneth (AKA Shoson) Yasuda? Chances are, you may not have. Yet he was influential in popularizing haiku in the United States, and remains one of the most...
Catching up with journalist and author Gene Oishi about “In Search of Hiroshi”, a...
An outstanding and innovative Nisei writer, Gene Oishi has movingly portrayed the trauma of the wartime incarceration of the Japanese American community.
Born in 1933 in the small farming town of Guadalupe, California, Oishi grew...