The story cloth made for her by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States.
This autobiographical work is the story of several women: Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, the author's mother Hyung Soon Huo, and the author herself. Deploying a variety of texts, documents and imagery, these women are united by…
The authors, Winberg Chai and his daughter May-lee, examine the life of Winberg's mother, Ruth, in an attempt to understand her secret decision to be buried alone instead of in the shared plots she and her husband had bought together years before.
Kilsoo Haan, head of the Slino-Korean People's League, warned of fifth column activity and sabotage by Japanese residents on the Pacific Coast and urged that they be placed in protective custody for the safety and security of the United States.
Pat Morita, who plays Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid franchise spent time in a TB sanitorium (recovering from spinal tuberculosis) and Manzanar internment camp. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a migrant farm worker and a data processor at an…
