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Asian American / World War II
"The presence of such a volume inspires historical and moral reflection on both the delicate construction of individual liberty and the ambiguities of national identity"
Lawson Inada
Patricia Wakida |
Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience Edited with an Introduction by Lawson Fusao Inada 480 pages (6 x 9), with photos, appendices, map, glossary, and suggested reading list. A California Historical Society Press book A project of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program In the wake of wartime panic that followed the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans residing along the West Coast of the United States were uprooted from their homes and their communities and banished to internment camps throughout the country. Through personal documents, art, and propaganda, Only What We Could Carry expresses through words, art, and haunting recollections, the fear, confusion and anger of the camp experience. The only anthology of its kind, Only What We Could Carry is an emotional and intellectual testament to the dignity, spirit and strength of the Japanese American internees. |
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"The presence of such a volume inspires historical and moral reflection on both the delicate construction of individual liberty and the ambiguities of national identity"—Doubletake "It conveys the deep anguish felt by Japanese who defined themselves as citizens of the United States and yet lost their rights as citizens during a time of national fear."—School Library Journal "Highly recommended"—Midwest Book Review "Space does not permit a review that will do justice to this book…what a wonderful addition to literature."—Tulsa World "This book teems with small surprises that meld into a large mosaic, a singular picture from a thousand tidbits.…It is a remarkably moving book, and surprisingly disturbing."—The Salt Lake Tribune "Our humanity was carried in those bundles we hastily packed...the meager possessions we were able to keep and carry with us. I was an infant in 1942, and I wondered how my mother carried me, and other necessities to Rohwer Camp in Arkansas. '...Blankets, sheets, a tea kettle...' Contained in these pages are what we have carried...in these stories are lifted up our humanity, our indomitable spirit and dignity, an implacable quest for justice to redeem the crimes committed against an entire race—indeed an entire nation."—Janice Mirikitani, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, 2000, Author of We the Dangerous and Shedding Silence "Only What We Could Carry gathers together the voices of interment—private, personal stories that could have been lost, but will now be heard and felt. It's as if we have a seat at a family dinner, listening to stories passed down from one generation to another, feeling the pain and the spirit of hope."—David Mas Masumoto, author of Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil "A timely released book"—San Gabriel Valley Tribune |
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I Ben Iijima, The Day We Left II Yoshiko Uchida, from Desert Exile III Elaine Black Yoneda, Statement to the Commission IV Eleanor Roosevelt, A Challenge to American Sportsmanship V Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presidential Statement What Flower Worth the Pain |
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Lawson Fusao Inada is regarded by many as the poet laureate of Japanese America.He is co-editor of Aiiieeeee! (1983) and The Big Aiiieeeee! (1991) and author of Legends from Camp (1992) and Drawing the Line (1997). Inada is a multiple recipient of NEA Poetry Fellowships and has read his works at the White House. He has been Professor of English at Southern Oregon State College since 1966. Patricia M. Wakida is a Yonsei whose parents were interned as children in the Jerome and Gila River camps. She is a graduate of Mills College, where she concentrated in English literature and Asian Studies. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in International Quarterly, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Kyoto Journal, and Rafu Shimpo. She is currently special projects coordinator at Heyday Books. William Hohri is a Nisei born in San Francisco in 1927. He was interned at the Manzanar camp during his high school years and graduated from the University of Chicago after the war. He is the author of Repairing America : An Account of the Movement for Japanese-American Redress (1988) and a columnist for the Rafu Shimpo newspaper. |
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Additional Resources on the Japanese American internment: Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Center Bancroft Library California State University, Fullerton California State University, Sacramento Chicago Japanese American Historical Society East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center Eastern California Museum Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Japanese American Association of New York Japanese American Cultural and Community Center Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Japanese American National Library Japanese American National Museum Japanese American Research Project Collections Japanese American Resource Center/Museum Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i Japanese Heritage Historical Society Japanese Institute of Sawtelle Kearny Street Workshop Museum of Tolerance National Archives and Records Administration National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) National Japanese American Historical Society Orange County Japanese American Association Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center San Francisco State University San Gabriel Japanese Community and Cultural Center Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center Southeast Japanese School and Community Center Stanford University UCLA Asian American Studies Center USS Arizona Memorial Venice Japanese Community Center California Civil Liberties Public Educaton Program (CCLPEP) Civil Liberties Public Education Fund |
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