They Called Us Enemy – Book Presentation with Illustrator Harmony Becker

February 18th, 2021

They Called Us Enemy – Book Presentation with Illustrator Harmony Becker

February 18, 2021

Webinar presentation of George Takei’s New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir, They Called Us Enemy, about the actor’s childhood experience in America’s concentration camps during WWII. Presented by the book’s illustrator Harmony Becker. Originally recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on February 18, 2021.
Community Co-Sponsors: JACL NCWNP District, Eden Township JACL, San Francisco JACL
Praise and Awards for They Called Us Enemy:
-New York Times bestseller list
-Winner, 2020 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature
-Winner, 2020 American Book Award
-Winner, 2020 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APLA)-Literature Award
-Winner, 2020 Eisner Awards
-Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Amazon, NPR, New York Public Library, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, IGN and Forbes
-Selected by the LA Times Book Club
Copies of the book available from Top Shelf Comix: https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog…​ ​

Seize by Brian Komei Dempster – Virtual Book Launch

December 5th, 2020

Seize by Brian Komei Dempster – Virtual Book Launch

December 5, 2020

Virtual book launch event for Seize by Brian Komei Dempster. Recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on December 5, 2020. Event Co-Sponsors: J-Sei, University of San Francisco Asian Studies, Asian Pacific American Studies, Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies Programs, Center for Asia Pacific Studies and Department of Rhetoric and Language.

Seize, Brian Komei Dempster’s book of poetry following up on his book, Topaz, spares no one the highs and lows of fatherhood. The speaker struggles to care for his young and ailing child—a child whose many medical problems create an obstacle course of moral and emotional dilemmas. These poems also link his son’s physical and verbal seizure to the wartime story of his mother – just an infant when she and her family were forcibly removed from their church home in San Francisco’s Japantown and imprisoned in the Topaz WWII Japanese American incarceration camp. Other themes the book explores include mixed race identity, racial violence and PTSD of war veterans.

About Brian Komei Dempster: Brian Komei Dempster’s debut book of poems, Topaz (Four Way Books, 2013), received the 15 Bytes 2014 Book Award in Poetry. Seize, his second collection of poetry, was published by Four Way Books in fall 2020. Dempster is also the Editor of Making Home from War: Stories of Japanese American Exile and Resettlement (Heyday, 2011) and From Our Side of the Fence: Growing Up in America’s Concentration Camps (Kearny Street Workshop, 2001), which received a 2007 Nisei Voices Award from the National Japanese American Historical Society. He is a professor of rhetoric and language at the University of San Francisco, where he serves as the Director of Administration for the Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies program and a former instructor of our Senior Writing class. For more on Brian Dempster, go to: briankomeidempster.com

Mochi Magic with Kaori Becker: Cookbook Preview and Cooking Demo

November 14th, 2020

Mochi Magic with Kaori Becker: Cookbook Preview and Cooking Demo

November 14, 2020

Virtual cookbook preview and online mochi making class with Kaori Becker, chef and author of cookbook “Mochi Magic.” Recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on Saturday, November 15, 2020.

For more information on Mochi Magic and Kaori Becker, go to: www.kaoriskitchen.com

Japanese Home Cooking with Sonoko Sakai – Cookbook Presentation and Live Cooking Demo

September 30th, 2020

Japanese Home Cooking with Sonoko Sakai – Cookbook Presentation and Live Cooking Demo

September 30, 2020

Cookbook presentation of “Japanese Home Cooking: Simple Meals, Authentic Flavors” and live Japanese curry cooking demo with author Sonoko Sakai. Recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC/the Center) on September 30, 2020.

For more information on Sonoko Sakai’s cookbooks, cooking kits and in-person and virtual classes, go to: www.sonokosakai.com

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee – Author Talk Co-Hosted by Writer Misa Sugiura

September 1st, 2020

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee – Author Talk Co-Hosted by Writer Misa Sugiura

September 1, 2020

Book presentation and author talk with Traci Chee for her historical fiction young adult novel, We Are Not Free, co-hosted by writer Misa Sugiura. Recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on September 1, 2020.

For more information on We Are Not Free and Traci Chee, go to: www.tracichee.com

A Question of Loyalty by Mike Malaghan – Author Talk

August 9th, 2020

A Question of Loyalty by Mike Malaghan – Author Talk

August 9, 2020

Author Talk and Q&A with Mike Malaghan, author of A Question of Loyalty, the second historical fiction novel in the Picture Bride trilogy. A Question of Loyalty is set among the Japanese American soldiers in the renowned 100th MIS and 442nd RCT fighting units during WWII. Recorded on Sunday, August 9, 2020 by the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (the Center).

For more information on A Question of Loyalty and Mike Malaghan, go to: https://mikemalaghan.com/

Tabemasho! Let’s Eat: A History of Japanese Food in America with Author Gil Asakawa, Tadaima! Japanese American Community Virtual Pilgrimage

July 19th, 2020

Tabemasho! Let’s Eat: A History of Japanese Food in America with Author Gil Asakawa, Tadaima! Japanese American Community Virtual Pilgrimage

July 19, 2020

Author talk with Gil Asakawa on his forthcoming book, Tabemasho! Let’s Eat: A History of Japanese Food in America. Part of the Sunday Supper series of the Tadaima! Community Virtual Pilgrimage held summer of 2020 organized by Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages JAMP. Recorded by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on July 19, 2020.

From JAMP:

The journey of Japanese food in America has been the story of an immigrant cuisine that adapted to a new land, much like how Japanese people came to the US and had to adapt. It was originally food for families and newcomers. Like the community, the cuisine was put on hold during the wartime incarceration. In the postwar years, Japanese food was slowly accepted because American troops were introduced to some dishes, but the familiarity was limited to just a couple of main dishes: Sukiyaki and Tempura. Sushi was “gross” and “weird” well into the 1980s. Today, though Japanese food is so common that you can buy sushi — not necessarily good sushi, but still… — at supermarkets across the US. Join Gil Asakawa, who’s writing a history of Japanese food in America, “Tabemasho! Let’s Eat!” for a tasty discussion.

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