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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Body
Greer Nakadegawa-Lee, Lauren Emiko Ito, traci kato-kiriyama
How do memories, observations and spirits transfer through our bodies and onto the page? How does a poem reveal where we hold the gift and burden of memory in our body?

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Theme: (open)
Mya Worrell, Kahlil Kochiyama, traci kato-kiriyama
This month I wanted to leave the theme open and invite two young voices who are both incredibly active in community building work here in Los Angeles. Kahlil Kochiyama is a UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) student from the South Bay - his piece places us in his relationship …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Place/Displace
Amy Sanchez Arteaga, Misael Diaz, Marina Fukushima, Isak Immanuel, traci kato-kiriyama
For this month’s column, I thought it would be a good time to feature the other artists in a residency we are sharing this summer in Little Tokyo (the +LAB Artists-in-Residence program, where five of us are here for three months working on various arts and community engagement projects in …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Holding
Chisao Hata, Ken Yoshikawa, traci kato-kiriyama
This month’s column features two friends I made when I participated in a movement response workshop in Chicago last summer, led by Chisao Hata, featuring our physical reaction to poetics expressed by actor & poet Ken Yoshikawa. With the emphasis on an intergenerational lens through which we shared, I looked …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Negotiating Place
Sophia Inaba, Rino Kodama, traci kato-kiriyama
Here we have a first for the Nikkei Uncovered poetry column - a collaborative piece between two wondrous young Nikkei, both University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) students and “Shin-Nisei,” 1.5 generation artists. They write this from the place of anticipating their Pilgrimage together to Manzanar this month, alongside their …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Roots and Branches
Yoshika Wason, Micah Tasaka, traci kato-kiriyama
Happy spring everyone! This month, we’re excited to feature two poets who both happen to be based in Japan. Micah Tasaka, a queer, genderfluid, mixed race Yonsei artist originally from the Inland Empire now based in Fukui prefecture; and Yoshika Wason, a second generation, mixed race artist who hails from …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Circles, Cycles, Commemoration
Mitsuye Yamada, traci kato-kiriyama
This month, as we commemorate EO 9066, we thought it fitting to honor one of our longest standing and veteran poets, Mitsuye Yamada. At 95 years of age, she has been published for several decades and is still going. Here, she shares with us some previous work as well as …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Japanese American Women Speak
Tani Ikeda, Kyoko Nakamaru, traci kato-kiriyama
For this month’s column, opening us into a whole new year, I’m so happy to feature healer and artist kyoko nakamaru and filmmaker Tani Ikeda, who together are co-founders of JAWS — Japanese American Women Speak. They are both based in Los Angeles, California (Kyoko via Wisconsin and Iowa, and …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Sansei
Janice Iwanaga Yen, Patricia Takayama, traci kato-kiriyama
As a younger Sansei/older Yonsei, I've been reflecting a lot on the big sisters and cousins of the Sansei generation who have raised or influenced many of us in our activism, community involvement, and understanding of ourselves as connected to others. This month, we feature pieces of generational and personal …

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Honoring
José Watanabe, Sesshu Foster, traci kato-kiriyama
This month, we are greatly honored to present a poem by renowned and beloved Peruvian poet, the late José Watanabe. In turn, his poetry here honors the 75th birthday of his mama and the indelible impact of mothers. The wonderful translation for the poem is provided by Michelle Har Kim. …