Archive - Nanako’s Yūrei (幽霊 ghosts)

We're All Inu (Dogs)

A chapter from my historical fiction novel Paper Ghost

Jan 13 •

December 2024

Mom and Robert Oppenheimer taught me that love is toxic.

Dec 31, 2024 •

October 2024

Mon, Sep 16, 2024 敬老の日Keiro no He (Japanese holiday: Respect for Aged Day)

My thoughts in Tokyo

Oct 10, 2024 •

May 2024

What Would You Do?

My review of "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" recently published by Penguin Classics.

May 21, 2024 •

April 2024

A Book Close to My Heart is Recognized

"Tei, a memoir of the end of war and beginning of peace" wins 2024 American Legacy Book Award

Apr 27, 2024 •

March 2024

A good high bar to reach

Mar 12, 2024 •

Thoughts on releasing my baby (my writing!)

Mar 7, 2024 •

February 2024

My First Writing Group of Color

Omoide at the Seattle REP

Feb 12, 2024 •

December 2023

A Ghost Tells Her Story

I narrate a short story based on one of my relatives

Dec 28, 2023 •

The Story of Earless Hoichi

An old Japanese ghost story

Dec 16, 2023 •

October 2023

A Ghostly Love Story

Listen to this old Japanese tale from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan

Oct 25, 2023 •

A Short Ghost Story

Mujina, The Woman Without Face

Oct 7, 2023 •

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