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What Happens When Everyone who Experienced an Event is Gone?

How do we mark an event in time? The Etruscans used the concept of saeculum, the period of time from the moment something happens until …

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Interview With Thomas Girst On New German Translation Of "No-No Boy"

Congratulations to author and cultural manager Thomas Girst for providing the literary and historical commentary appended to the new German translation of John Okada’s No-No …

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No-No Boy Author John Okada, Rediscovered

I Must be Strong I know now for what war I was born. Every child is born to see some struggle, But this conflict is …

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First Impressions: Early Reviews of John Okada’s No-No Boy

One intriguing window into the world of John Okada’s landmark 1957 novel No-No Boy is the study of how it was first received. An exploration …

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A Response to Frank Abe's article

*Editor’s Note: Frank Abe shared his opinions about Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of No-No Boy by John Okada. Ken gave us permission to share his …

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Stage Adaptation Of “No-No Boy” Violates John Okada’s Novel

A headline first written by Frank Chin in 2010, “Don’t F**k With No-No Boy,” captures the insistence with which audiences should reject the recent stage …

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Yellow Soul

“There are many stories untold. Some are lost. Others will come up in the future.” (Excerpt from “Nodas in America” short story, Yokohama, California by …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

A short insight into the conflicts in John Okada’s No-No Boy

While attending the University of Wuppertal in Germany, I took a course where I learned about the history and development of Japanese Americans in the …

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Tackling No No Boy

I’ve had the theatrical rights to NO NO BOY for a year and a half, and only now am I really willing to admit publicly …