{"product_id":"the-gate-of-memory-brynn-saito-9798888903711","title":"The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn anthology of poetry on Nikkei incarceration, written by descendants of the WWII prisons and camps\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tribute to the 150,000 people harmed by the United States and Canada during WWII, this anthology is the first of its kind. The poetry expresses a range of experiences and perspectives from the afterlife of this historical yet enduring injustice. With a foreword by acclaimed poet, activist, and concentration camp survivor, Mitsuye Yamada, and an introduction by the editors, poets Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda, \u003cem\u003eThe Gate of Memory \u003c\/em\u003eexplores intergenerational trauma as the contributors, all of whom are descendants of those who were incarcerated, sift through an intimate record of wartime incarceration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors to this anthology include poets of Japanese American, Japanese Canadian, Okinawan American, Okinawan Canadian, Japanese Hawaiian, Alaska Native, mixed race Nikkei, and Japanese descent. Their poems reimagine, reinhabit, and retell the story of incarceration while embodying its many legacies, through a diversity of modes and themes, creating a panoramic portrait of anti-Asian racism, assimilation, loyalty, resistance, and redemption. The anthology illuminates individual perspectives and reveals collective experience. It insists upon the imperative of poetry in the processes of solidarity and transgenerational healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brynn Saito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888903711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Brynn Saito","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420184826111,"sku":"9798888903711","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe94359b-bedd-474c-9354-821367d59399.jpg?v=1734633901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gate-of-memory-brynn-saito-9798888903711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}