Coming Soon (Work in Progress)

Artwork by Glenn Mitsui

“Snow Country Prison: The haiku poetry of Itaru Ina”

A collection of 400 poems written during Itaru Ina’s incarceration during WWII in the Tanforan “Assembly Center”, Topaz Concentration Camp, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Santa Fe Internment Camp, and Crystal City Internment Camp. Translations by Leza Lowitz and Hisako Ifshin. Segments published in Modern Haiku Journal, Lincoln, Ill.


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“My Name is NOT Sandy!”

A children’s book about a spunky girl who refuses to give up her ethnic identity. Illustrations by Dana Kawano. Currently under review with Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA.

Artwork by Dana Kawano