Frank Abe
@frankabe.bsky.social
Co-editor, THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION. Lead author, WE HEREBY REFUSE. Blogs at http://Resisters.com. Links: https://linktr.ee/
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We mourn the loss of historian Art Hansen. Thanks to @kenjitaguma.bsky.social for giving us a chance to remember him and his lifetime contributions. Subscribe to the Nichi Bei News.
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We mourn the loss of historian Art Hansen. Thanks to @kenjitaguma.bsky.social for giving us a chance to remember him and his lifetime contributions. Subscribe to the Nichi Bei News.
Thanks to the Seattle Mariners for taking us to a place we’ve never been before. If you had suggested to me in the spring that we’d play a game 7 in the ALCS, I would have happily taken it. We’ll get em next year.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thanks to the Seattle Mariners for taking us to a place we’ve never been before. If you had suggested to me in the spring that we’d play a game 7 in the ALCS, I would have happily taken it. We’ll get em next year.
In the darkest of times, we still have baseball for self-care. Thanks to Feliks Banel for having me on his "Cascade of History" radio program to relive the agony of Friday's @mariners.com 15-inning walk-off win in Game 5 of the ALDS, on @space101fm.bsky.social. on.soundcloud.com/wvwTIyBZVHhq...
Ep. 123: Clay Eals and Jean Sherrard on Egyptian Theatre and Hitt Fireworks, Haunted Market at Parkland School, Frank Abe on Surviving Game 5, plus Gas Works Park and Columbus Day Storm
Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Clay Eals and Jean Sherrard of Seattle Now & Then on this week's Seattle Times column about the old Hitt Fireworks factory in
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October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In the darkest of times, we still have baseball for self-care. Thanks to Feliks Banel for having me on his "Cascade of History" radio program to relive the agony of Friday's @mariners.com 15-inning walk-off win in Game 5 of the ALDS, on @space101fm.bsky.social. on.soundcloud.com/wvwTIyBZVHhq...
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
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Frank Abe is always worth listening to
This story isn't going away. The Nichi Bei News has posted a web version of its coverage of my June 22 talk on "What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today:" www.nichibei.org/2025/08/what...
What JA incarceration tells us about mass deportation today | Nichi Bei News
During the June 22 “What Japanese American Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today” session, Frank Abe, lead author of the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to […]
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August 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Frank Abe is always worth listening to
This story isn't going away. The Nichi Bei News has posted a web version of its coverage of my June 22 talk on "What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today:" www.nichibei.org/2025/08/what...
What JA incarceration tells us about mass deportation today | Nichi Bei News
During the June 22 “What Japanese American Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today” session, Frank Abe, lead author of the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to […]
www.nichibei.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This story isn't going away. The Nichi Bei News has posted a web version of its coverage of my June 22 talk on "What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today:" www.nichibei.org/2025/08/what...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"We want parks, not prisons! Park rangers, not ICE agents!" -- Huy Pham, APIAHiP: Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation on the Seattle waterfront for the National Day of Action to Protect Every Park.
August 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"We want parks, not prisons! Park rangers, not ICE agents!" -- Huy Pham, APIAHiP: Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation on the Seattle waterfront for the National Day of Action to Protect Every Park.
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This is a crucial moment to safeguard our collective memory, especially as efforts to erase our histories grow stronger. Become a monthly donor and ensure stories of Japanese American WWII incarceration—and the lessons they carry—remain visible, powerful, and protected. densho.org/historykeepe...
August 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is a crucial moment to safeguard our collective memory, especially as efforts to erase our histories grow stronger. Become a monthly donor and ensure stories of Japanese American WWII incarceration—and the lessons they carry—remain visible, powerful, and protected. densho.org/historykeepe...
It’s a clear line from the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans to the abduction of innocent people off the streets today. Thanks to @benhamamoto.bsky.social for this coverage in the Nichi Bei News of my June 22 talk.
August 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It’s a clear line from the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans to the abduction of innocent people off the streets today. Thanks to @benhamamoto.bsky.social for this coverage in the Nichi Bei News of my June 22 talk.
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Thank you @frankabe.bsky.social and the rest of the #AAJA25 organizers for educating me about this important part of Asian American media history
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thank you @frankabe.bsky.social and the rest of the #AAJA25 organizers for educating me about this important part of Asian American media history
Thanks Alex for the great photo. Glad you could join us for the tour of Seattle Chinatown. #AAJA25
Thank you @frankabe.bsky.social and the rest of the #AAJA25 organizers for educating me about this important part of Asian American media history
August 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thanks Alex for the great photo. Glad you could join us for the tour of Seattle Chinatown. #AAJA25
The most detailed story yet from one of my recent talks on the links between wartime incarceration and ICE abductions. Thanks to Kai Curry and the Northwest Asian Weekly, and to the King County Library System for having "We Hereby Refuse" as their "One Bellevue, One Book."
‘Never Again Is Now’: Frank Abe links wartime incarceration to today’s immigration policies
“Kind of a sour way” to spend a Saturday, Frank Abe said.
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August 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The most detailed story yet from one of my recent talks on the links between wartime incarceration and ICE abductions. Thanks to Kai Curry and the Northwest Asian Weekly, and to the King County Library System for having "We Hereby Refuse" as their "One Bellevue, One Book."
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❗ Oh! And while I have your attention: If you'll be in the King County, WA, next weekend, go see Frank's talk at the Bellevue Library:
Join @kcls.org on August 9 for a talk by author @frankabe.bsky.social about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration & his graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration: kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/67eef...
One Bellevue, One Book: What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today with Author Frank Abe
Local author Frank Abe will talk about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration, and his graphic history, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resista...
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August 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
❗ Oh! And while I have your attention: If you'll be in the King County, WA, next weekend, go see Frank's talk at the Bellevue Library:
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SUCH a great graphic novel. Get a copy while you still can!
@frankabe.bsky.social, will you have copies available (I know 2,000 is not a ton) at your event at Bellevue Library next Saturday?
@frankabe.bsky.social, will you have copies available (I know 2,000 is not a ton) at your event at Bellevue Library next Saturday?
The wait is over. Our book is proving hard to keep in print. Thanks to all the readers picking up on this story. Now in its fifth printing of just 2,000 more copies, get yours now or order for fall and winter classes while you can. www.chinmusicpress.com/product-page...
August 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
SUCH a great graphic novel. Get a copy while you still can!
@frankabe.bsky.social, will you have copies available (I know 2,000 is not a ton) at your event at Bellevue Library next Saturday?
@frankabe.bsky.social, will you have copies available (I know 2,000 is not a ton) at your event at Bellevue Library next Saturday?
The wait is over. Our book is proving hard to keep in print. Thanks to all the readers picking up on this story. Now in its fifth printing of just 2,000 more copies, get yours now or order for fall and winter classes while you can. www.chinmusicpress.com/product-page...
August 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The wait is over. Our book is proving hard to keep in print. Thanks to all the readers picking up on this story. Now in its fifth printing of just 2,000 more copies, get yours now or order for fall and winter classes while you can. www.chinmusicpress.com/product-page...
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Join @kcls.org on August 9 for a talk by author @frankabe.bsky.social about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration & his graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration: kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/67eef...
One Bellevue, One Book: What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today with Author Frank Abe
Local author Frank Abe will talk about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration, and his graphic history, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resista...
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July 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Join @kcls.org on August 9 for a talk by author @frankabe.bsky.social about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration & his graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration: kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/67eef...
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In this excerpt from Together in Manzanar, @tracyslater.bsky.social delves into the complicated & quite often contradictory government policies that dictated the lives of mixed-marriage families & multi-racial Japanese Americans inside America’s WWII concentration camps. densho.org/catalyst/rac...
Racial Obsession, Family Separation, and the Mixed Marriage Policy of America’s WWII Concentration Camps - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Together in Manzanar explores the lives of mixed-marriage families and multi-racial Japanese Americans in America’s WWII concentration camps.
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July 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In this excerpt from Together in Manzanar, @tracyslater.bsky.social delves into the complicated & quite often contradictory government policies that dictated the lives of mixed-marriage families & multi-racial Japanese Americans inside America’s WWII concentration camps. densho.org/catalyst/rac...
Honored to have our graphic novel WE HEREBY REFUSE centered for "One Bellevue, One Book" at the Bellevue, WA public library. I'll speak Aug. 9 on "What Japanese American Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today." If you're in the area see the full series at 1.kcls.org/onebellevue
July 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Honored to have our graphic novel WE HEREBY REFUSE centered for "One Bellevue, One Book" at the Bellevue, WA public library. I'll speak Aug. 9 on "What Japanese American Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today." If you're in the area see the full series at 1.kcls.org/onebellevue
Here's the video of our conversation at the "Changing Perspectives" symposium connecting the daily terrors and cruelties on the street with the same violations of due process and habeas corpus against our families 80 years ago. Keep pushing back and speaking out.
What Japanese American Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today
YouTube video by Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
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July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Here's the video of our conversation at the "Changing Perspectives" symposium connecting the daily terrors and cruelties on the street with the same violations of due process and habeas corpus against our families 80 years ago. Keep pushing back and speaking out.
Look for this book when it's published July 8. Elaine and Karl Yoneda were central figures in the Manzanar Revolt, but as @tracyslater.bsky.social shows us, there is much more to their story and to Elaine Black Yoneda in particular.
There are mensches, and then there are uber-mensches. In the quest to do honor to this history, the support, perspective, and historical knowledge of @frankabe.bsky.social has been incalculable. To have the honor of this quote on the book’s first page—altogether something else. #booksky #skystorians
June 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Look for this book when it's published July 8. Elaine and Karl Yoneda were central figures in the Manzanar Revolt, but as @tracyslater.bsky.social shows us, there is much more to their story and to Elaine Black Yoneda in particular.
Farewell to Brian Wilson at age 82. He outlived both his brothers and I'm grateful to have his music. He had already composed this bittersweet farewell for the band's 50th anniversary in 2012 with the "Summer's Gone" suite. Give it a listen to the end in his memory. youtu.be/T7LcrQ1ONlU?...
The Beach Boys "Summer's Gone"
YouTube video by Bob Barry
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June 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Farewell to Brian Wilson at age 82. He outlived both his brothers and I'm grateful to have his music. He had already composed this bittersweet farewell for the band's 50th anniversary in 2012 with the "Summer's Gone" suite. Give it a listen to the end in his memory. youtu.be/T7LcrQ1ONlU?...
Love Taylor Tomlinson. It's the last week of her show and she has zero fucks to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z-...
Taylor Tomlinson Talks Protests in Los Angeles
YouTube video by After Midnight
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June 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Love Taylor Tomlinson. It's the last week of her show and she has zero fucks to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z-...