An intricately beautiful and compelling novel, Obasan begins with the death of the narrator Naomi Nakane’s Uncle. As an adult, Naomi had tried hard to separate herself from her childhood experience in Canada during World War II which she lived through, but didn’t necessarily understand as a child. Drawn back to her old family home to help put her Uncle to rest, Naomi is pushed by her Aunt Emily towards a deeper understanding of her family’s and the country’s history. 

This series of Bluesky Poems reflects on teaching "Farewell to Manzanar."

A memoir immersed in his college years at UC Berkeley in twilight of the 1990s, Hua Hsu’s Stay True provides a time capsule back to my own youth as he explores the significance of his college friendships in this ode to his friend Ken who was killed in a carjacking in July 1998. While Hse dives into his own unique story as a son of Taiwanese immigrant parents, this true story of his college journey evokes a California culture that captures the angsty explorations of the Xennia