Join the English Department at Colorado College’s Visiting Writers Series for a virtual reading by Dr. Satsuki Ina. Her reading will be followed by a conversation moderated by Brandon Shimoda, Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing. The event is co-sponsored by Asian Studies Program, the History Department, and the Mile High Japanese American Citizens League (Denver).

Brandon Shimoda is an American poet. He is the author of several poetry collections, including O Bon and Evening Oracle, as well as the memoir The Grave on the Wall. A professor at Colorado College, Shimoda is also the creator of the Hiroshima Library.

Satsuki Ina is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in community trauma and the author of The Poet and the Silk Girl (Heyday Books, 2024). Ina is also a filmmaker and an activist; she co-founded Tsuru for Solidarity, a nonviolent, direct-action project of Japanese American social justice advocates working to end detention sites.