{"product_id":"making-home-from-war-stories-of-japanese-american-exile-and-resettlement-paperback","title":"Making Home from War: Stories of Japanese American Exile and Resettlement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Komei Dempster\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith honesty and an eye for detail, \u003ci\u003eMaking Home from War \u003c\/i\u003eis the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eFrom Our Side of the Fence\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany books have chronicled the experience of Japanese Americans in the early days of World War II, when over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were taken from their homes along the West Coast and imprisoned in concentration camps. When they were finally allowed to leave, a new challenge faced them-how do you resume a life so interrupted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most, going home meant learning to live in a hostile, racist environment. Some returned to find they had lost their homes and had little choice but to bide their time in transitional housing, including community halls, churches, housing projects, and tent camps. Their employment options were also limited; they often worked as domestics, dishwashers, and field laborers to help support their families. The effects of these experiences reverberate to this day, and \u003ci\u003eMaking Home from War\u003c\/i\u003e reaches into the past, melds together what was once hidden, and tells the often neglected or hushed story of what happened after the war.\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by twelve Japanese American elders who gathered regularly at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, \u003ci\u003eMaking Home from War\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of stories about their exodus from concentration camps into a world that in a few short years had drastically changed. In order to survive, they found the resilience they needed in the form of community, and gathered reserves of strength from family and friends. Through a spectrum of conflicting and rich emotions, \u003ci\u003eMaking Home from War\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the depth of human resolve and faith during a time of devastating upheaval.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Komei Dempster\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, editor, and teacher. His volumes of poetry, \u003ci\u003eSeize\u003c\/i\u003e (Four Way Books, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eTopaz\u003c\/i\u003e (Four Way Books, 2013), have received several honors, including the Julie Suk Award, an NCPA Gold Award in Poetry, and a Human Relations Indie Book Silver Winner award. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Our Side of the Fence: Growing Up in America's Concentration Camps\u003c\/i\u003e (Kearny Street Workshop, 2001), which received a Nisei Voices Award from the National Japanese American Historical Society, and \u003ci\u003eMaking Home from War: Stories of Japanese American Exile and Resettlement\u003c\/i\u003e (Heyday, 2011). Dempster is a professor of rhetoric and language and Director of Administration for the Master's in Asia Pacific Studies program at the University of San Francisco, where he was a recipient of the Dean's Scholar Award and Distinguished Teaching Award. In addition, he teaches for the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference. He is a Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.99 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53005627293920,"sku":"9781597141420","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/RfDRdCNtSc9781597141420.webp?v=1781626998","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/making-home-from-war-stories-of-japanese-american-exile-and-resettlement-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}