Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner: Poetry and Artwork Inspired by Japanese American Experiences - Softcover

Matsuda, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500156957 ISBN 13: 9781500156954

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

“Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner” is a collaboration between Lawrence Matsuda (poet) and Roger Shimomura (internationally known artist) inspired by the Japanese American experience including the World War II forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans. Shimomura was a youngster in the camps and Matsuda was born in the Minidoka, Idaho concentration camp. The forced incarceration experience had a significant effect on their art which fuels their commitment to never let it happen again when frenzy and fear rule. The book contains 38 poems by Matsuda and 18 original illustrations by Shimomura including three images and cover art from Shimomura’s past work. The poems are arranged in chronological order except for “Barry the Psychiatrist” that begins the collection. Thereafter, the topics move from the 1942 forced incarceration to the period after the war, then to friends/family, and end with the Fukushima disaster.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500156957
• ISBN 13: 9781500156954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106
• Illustrator: Shimomura Roger