They Called Us Enemy

And now, I return to the Japanese internment camps in World War II,* this time in the form of George Takei’s graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy, written in collaboration with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker.** Jumping back and forth in time,*** They Called Us Enemy tells the story of the camps…

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Impounded

As I headed into Asian American Heritage Month* I told myself that that I didn’t need to read more about was the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It is the one moment in Asian American history that most of us know something about. But I kept coming across interesting stuff with new…

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The Countess and the Nazis: A Q & A with Richard Jay Hutto

Months ago, a mutual friend introduced me to Rick Hutto. He thought we had things in common, including writing “lively, vibrant, deeply researched and highly entertaining historic narratives.” (That’s a compliment worth having!) Rick’s latest book, The Countess and the Nazi: An American Family’s Private War is the story of an American heiress who traded…

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