Join us for a panel discussion with Karen Tei Yamashita and traci kato-kiriyama. The panel discussion will be moderated by Alice Yang.

Karen Tei Yamashita, UCSC Literature Professor Emerita, acclaimed author of Letters to Memory, and a 2021 recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, will read from her work, discuss her research, the creation of the Yamashita family archive, and the legacy of the mass incarceration and a loyalty questionnaire for her family and the Japanese American community.

traci kato-kiriyama will read from Navigating With(out) Instruments – a collage of poetry and reflections of intersectional identity & memory – and discuss legacies of silence and collective noise in relation to World War II mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, friendship & solidarity in movement building, and how we can (must) use our voices for collective self-determination and transformation today.

Reception to follow. Please help us order enough manjus by RSVP-ing here.

Directions and Parking: The Page Smith Library is located in the Cowell College Courtyard. The closest parking lots are 107, 109, 110, and 108. Slightly farther parking can be found at 103A and 119. Here is a map of the parking lots at UCSC.