Concentrational Poetic Resonance

EXPLORING THE POETRY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN WWII CONCENTRATION CAMP EXPERIENCE

Gain by Toyo Suyemoto

Healing Gila by Lawson Fusao Inada

Block 18, Tule Lake Relocation Camp by James Masao Mitsui

That Damned Fence by author unknown. Read this fantastic article by Nina Wallace that explores the mystery of the poem’s origin.

Japanese Nisei by Min Yasui

Why Are We Here? by Min Yasui

McGEHEE, AR — HOME OF THE WORLD WAR II JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT MUSEUM


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