Featuring further reading recommendations for & tributes to books from @tracyslater.bsky.social, @tamikonimura.bsky.social, @frankabe.bsky.social, & more! americanstudier.podbean.com/e/postgame-p...

It's an honor to serve as one of the faces of the Mesa Refuge spring fundraising campaign. For fifty years I’ve worked with John Okada’s foundational novel, NO-NO BOY, and wrestled with it for the past five to adapt it for the theater. With two weeks inside this wildlife refuge 1/2

PODCAST: In conversation with fellow writers Saiba Varma and Claire L. Evans and host Lyons Filmer on "Mesa Refuge Interviews" on community radio KWMR @kwmrradio.bsky.social in Point Reyes Station, just a short walk down the hill from Mesa Refuge. Listen here: soundcloud.com/user-6932549...

Scott Kurashige pulls no punches in turning the fear of the yellow peril on its head with his "American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism." He documents countless examples of vigilante violence and state violence in the face of the current regime's effort to whitewash history.

If you haven’t yet read the great Toshio Mori, the two stories I highlight in this week’s episode are a great intro to one of our most groundbreaking & important writers—& a moving chronicler of Japanese American incarceration & baseball. 🗃️ @frankabe.bsky.social @palumboliu.bsky.social

Join us in Portland this Saturday 5/16 for "Lines of Resistance" as Kelly Goto and I join with Lori Matsukawa to "explore how graphic storytelling gives voice to the lived experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated at Minidoka in WWII. Book signing to follow. Free RSVP: jamo.org/lines-of-res...

Thanks so much, & I'm so glad to hear it! If you have a chance to check it out, I think you'd enjoy this season of my podcast, focused on baseball at Manzanar & the incarceration camps overall: americanstudier.podbean.com

Thanks Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social for such a close read of our anthology, You’ve nailed our thinking behind it. Glad you found it if use.

So for the first post in my Sabbatical Reads blog series, three of my many takeaways from @frankabe.bsky.social & Floyd Cheung’s groundbreaking, vital anthology The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration (2024)! blackwhiteandread.com/may-11-2026-...

Congratulations again to Karen Tei Yamashita on her epic new novel, and thanks to Robert Ito for calling me up to chat about it for the NY Times. Haven't heard from Robert since he reviewed "Conscience and the Constitution" 26 years ago for a film magazine. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

"We've built a rapid response network to stop ICE detention centers before they start. Receive immediate alerts if a facility is planned for your community and help lead the local fight to stop it..." gtfoice.org

More thoughts by George Toshio Johnston in the Pacific Citizen on the effectiveness of the "edutainment" model in podcasts to "tell an important, ever-timely story in an engaging, compelling and, yes, entertaining manner." www.pacificcitizen.org/podcasts-rec...

Join us in Portland on May 16 for "Lines of Resistance." Kelly Goto, Lori Matsukawa and I will explore how graphic storytelling — drawn lines of ink on paper — gives voice to the lived experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated in WWII. Book signing to follow. RSVP: jamo.org/event/lines-...

BLOG POST: Highlights of the grim outlook I recently presented at @denshoproject.bsky.social, the AAASAssociation for Asian American Studies - AAAS, and the Seattle Public Library on the use of industrial warehouses for 21st century American concentration camps. resisters.com/2026/04/13/m...

I was able to make it & I'm so glad I went! I especially liked that story about the resister song lyrics carried around on a scrap of paper that, decades later, someone showed to Mako, who knew what the original tune was & sang it.

I'm getting a root canal tomorrow & I'm still not gonna miss this talk by Frank Abe & Tom Ikeda. Alt-text of left image: A poster with "Frank Abe & Tom Ikeda "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" Wednesday April 8 at 7 pm, Central Library" 1/

Back from AAAS to find this Sunday print version of the Seattle Times preview for tonight's program at the Seattle Public Library, where we'll show how a reading of "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" prepares us to see what injustices the government is repeating today. 1/2

Check out the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.” By @frankabe.bsky.social and @tamikonimura.bsky.social; illustrated by @rossish.bsky.social #TeachTruth #TeachOutsideTextbook www.zinnedproject.org/materials/we...

Topaz 2.0

Thanks @gjabberbox.bsky.social for sharing this insightful article on the ICE concentration camps as a gift to be read in full.

Claw back the money FFS!

Thanks to Tim Dickinson at The Contrarian for this on our recent mass call from @50501movement.bsky.social with @andreapitzer.bsky.social. And thanks to Satsuki Ina for first articulating that as Japanese Americans, we know a concentration camp when we see one. www.contrariannews.org/p/is-trump-b...

The U.S. creating Topaz concentration camp 2.0 in Utah.

OUT TODAY: "Safe Passage" by Pulitzer-prize winner Evelyn Iritani on WW2 diplomacy. My blurb: "Finally, someone has written the human story of the passengers aboard the Gripsholm and other prisoner-exchange ships and the desperate backchannel negotiations on both sides of the Pacific to rescue...1/4

This reflects the racist, xenophobic mentality that put my Japanese American family members in concentration camps during WWII. Everyone should denounce it as loudly as possible and put an end to this bigotry in Congress once and for all.

Video cued to start of our hour-long mass call with @50501movement.bsky.social on stopping the leasing of warehouses for 21st century American concentration camps. youtu.be/IyszCsiUq2U?...

If you missed this, it was really great and you can watch it on YouTube! youtu.be/IyszCsiUq2U.

ICYMI: Spoke last night on public data for good, alongside @frankabe.bsky.social, @andreapitzer.bsky.social, @tifotter.bsky.social, @sussexvb.bsky.social, and more. Video below.

It was an honor to join Frank, Andrea and Sarah to talk about where we are, how we got here, and what we need to do now. Thanks for having me to talk about Salt Lake City’s efforts to stop a mega ICE detention camp. 👏✊🏽

Just got off a mass call hosted by @50501movement.bsky.social that included @frankabe.bsky.social, @projectsaltbox.bsky.social, @sussexvb.bsky.social, @tifotter.bsky.social, me, & others. So incredible to hear from speakers unearthing plans and finding ways to fight concentration camps nationwide.

Still time to sign up for tomorrow's @50501movement.bsky.social mass call on how you can stop 21st century American concentration camps in your hometown. Warehouses being leased as immigration detention sites. Hear from local activists and author @andreapitzer.bsky.social. bit.ly/march5masscall

Join me and the people who bring you the “No Kings” march for this webinar on stopping 21st century American concentration camps. I’m honored to help introduce Andrea Pitzer, author of “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps.” RSVP here for this March 5 mass call.

NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us. FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328 ***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***

Thanks to novelist Ishmael Reed for this Q and A on the ongoing work to develop a new stage play from the great Japanese American novel, NO-NO BOY by John Okada, with photos from the public reading last May at Seattle Repertory Theater. resisters.com/2026/02/25/q...

Details: Participants will receive a $100 stipend upon completion of the course and evaluation form; breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided. Space is limited to 25 participants. A short application is required (accessible via QR code and bit.ly/46zROij) and due March 4.

Seattle-area educators, I'll be helping introduce the camp material in the UCLA Asian American Studies Center "Foundations and Futures" multimedia textbook on March 21. Sign up now, get a stipend and lunch. Deadline is March 4.

With everyone jumping in on today's Day of Remembrance for the camps, thanks to filmmaker Haruka Sakaguchi in NYC for reframing the invention of the event in her Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/hsakag/p...

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

In Portland, join us Feb. 16 for two screenings of this rarely-seen 1976 TV-film from which I got my rarely-used-since SAG card. It's the 50th anniversary of "Farewell to Manzanar," and you can bet our panel discussion will address what's happening now. Tickets: www.portland5.com/winningstad-...

For this year's Day of Remembrance, I'll join Carole Hayashino and Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong and get to meet Jeanne Houston's daughter at this doubleheader in Portland: two screenings of the 1976 TV-movie of her book.

I've heard it said we must meet readers where they are. This Saturday I'll greet runners who've completed a loop around downtown Seattle, the waterfront, and Chinatown/International District, and tell them about the legacy of John Okada and NO-NO BOY. Glad I don't have to run alongside them.

I hope & believe I shared this at some point in 2024 when it came out, but it's sadly only more timely still & must-read material here in early 2026. Incredible work from @frankabe.bsky.social & my friend Floyd Cheung, full of authors & texts that will be new to most of us (me included). 🗃️

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Just picked up the book yesterday. ❤️

It is powerful to refuse. Even the most powerless have that power. bsky.app/profile/fran...

Mind-blowing to bring the story of wartime incarceration and the links to today to 1,900 @maddow.bsky.social fans in LA on Sunday. Watch for the full program on Monday, December 29 on @msnownews.bsky.social. My impressions here: resisters.com/2025/12/16/b...