Mira Shimabukuro
On Shima, from a shima: Flash reviews of sho yamagushiku’s simmering spiral of decolonial...
Review by Mira Shimabukuro, with Laura Kina, Momi Cummings, Cassie Miura, Bean Yogi, and Jami Nakamura Lin
“shima, n.: 1. a village; a community. 2....
Sharing Bob(Dad): A life and legacy of craft, community, and care
“Alice say, have to have somebody accompany me. Everywhere I go. No walking alone.” — Bob Shimabukuro, Final column, 4/3/2021
Bob(Dad)
My father, Bob Shimabukuro, often...
A just memory of unintelligible life: “Speak, Okinawa”
I’m struggling to write this review.
Prior to February 2021, if you searched Amazon for books on “Okinawa,” you’d face a deluge of titles related...
Okinawan Princess reclaims the power of a forbidden cultural practice in Okinawan culture
I’m a hapa haole Uchinanchu, born and raised in Portland, Oregon by a Montana-bred haole/white mother and a Hawai’i-bred Uchinanchu/Okinawan father. I am three...
