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/
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.
"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.
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.
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...
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
Nearly 15,000 copies of WE HEREBY REFUSE sold over four printings. A 5th printing coming this month, in time for those teaching it this fall. Sadly more relevant than ever: abuse of the law, lies about invasion, and denial of due process and habeas corpus. It's all in the book. Give it another read.
June 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nearly 15,000 copies of WE HEREBY REFUSE sold over four printings. A 5th printing coming this month, in time for those teaching it this fall. Sadly more relevant than ever: abuse of the law, lies about invasion, and denial of due process and habeas corpus. It's all in the book. Give it another read.
Still time to register for the big camp conference on June 21-22. Not just a history lesson but a time to regroup and prepare for the fight ahead. Registration extended to this Friday, June 6. www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-per...
See you all soon.
See you all soon.
June 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Still time to register for the big camp conference on June 21-22. Not just a history lesson but a time to regroup and prepare for the fight ahead. Registration extended to this Friday, June 6. www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-per...
See you all soon.
See you all soon.
In NYC, join Floyd Cheung and me, in-person or via Zoom, as we present our @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social anthology of "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" with Cathlin Goulding on May 13 at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. RSVP here: bit.ly/3EKO1Un
April 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In NYC, join Floyd Cheung and me, in-person or via Zoom, as we present our @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social anthology of "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" with Cathlin Goulding on May 13 at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. RSVP here: bit.ly/3EKO1Un
I'll be there to speak, along with Rob Buscher, Hanako Wakatsuki, Satsuki Ina, Michael Ishii, Akemi Johnson, Koji Lau-Ozawa, Andrew Leong, Hana Maruyama, Eric Muller, Lia Nitake, Chizu Omori, Greg Robinson, Barbara Takei, Diana Tsuchida, Nancy Ukai, Alice Yang, and many, many others. 2/2
April 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'll be there to speak, along with Rob Buscher, Hanako Wakatsuki, Satsuki Ina, Michael Ishii, Akemi Johnson, Koji Lau-Ozawa, Andrew Leong, Hana Maruyama, Eric Muller, Lia Nitake, Chizu Omori, Greg Robinson, Barbara Takei, Diana Tsuchida, Nancy Ukai, Alice Yang, and many, many others. 2/2
If you care at all about the connections between wartime incarceration and mass deportation now, you'll want to be at this conference coming up June 21-22 at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Organized by @jampilgrimages.bsky.social. Register at: www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-per... 1/2
April 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you care at all about the connections between wartime incarceration and mass deportation now, you'll want to be at this conference coming up June 21-22 at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Organized by @jampilgrimages.bsky.social. Register at: www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-per... 1/2
A reunion of editors at AAAS: with Floyd Cheung at the Nichi Bei Foundation booth for “The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,” and with Floyd and Greg Robinson at the @uwapress.bsky.social table for “John Okada: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of NO-NO BOY.” #aaas2025
April 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A reunion of editors at AAAS: with Floyd Cheung at the Nichi Bei Foundation booth for “The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration,” and with Floyd and Greg Robinson at the @uwapress.bsky.social table for “John Okada: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of NO-NO BOY.” #aaas2025
Thx to those who came to our panel on "Interpreting Japanese American Incarceration in the 21st Century Through Alternative Methods,” at the Association for Asian American Studies conference in Boston, where I shared some of the challenges of adapting NO-NO BOY for audiences in 2025. #aaas2025
April 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Thx to those who came to our panel on "Interpreting Japanese American Incarceration in the 21st Century Through Alternative Methods,” at the Association for Asian American Studies conference in Boston, where I shared some of the challenges of adapting NO-NO BOY for audiences in 2025. #aaas2025
Also come and talk with our friend Greg Robinson in the hour before ours.
April 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Also come and talk with our friend Greg Robinson in the hour before ours.
Artwork by Ross Ishikawa.
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Artwork by Ross Ishikawa.
In WE HEREBY REFUSE we hear, for the first time, the personal voice of Mitsuye Endo, a reluctant recruit to a lawsuit contesting her imprisonment, who refuses a chance to leave the camp at Topaz so that her case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In WE HEREBY REFUSE we hear, for the first time, the personal voice of Mitsuye Endo, a reluctant recruit to a lawsuit contesting her imprisonment, who refuses a chance to leave the camp at Topaz so that her case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
At the Assoc. for Asian American Studies conference in Boston, pls stop by the Nichi Bei Foundation table to talk about how you can connect "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" from @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social with how the government is repeating that history in this moment.
April 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
At the Assoc. for Asian American Studies conference in Boston, pls stop by the Nichi Bei Foundation table to talk about how you can connect "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" from @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social with how the government is repeating that history in this moment.
An advisory already issued for professors to consider the risk of being detained at the airport. So there is much to discuss. Looking forward to our session Thursday 4/17 at 10:00 am with brilliant panelists Julia Shizuyo Popham, Erin Aoyama, Hana Maruyama, and chair Elena Creef. /end #AAAS2025
April 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An advisory already issued for professors to consider the risk of being detained at the airport. So there is much to discuss. Looking forward to our session Thursday 4/17 at 10:00 am with brilliant panelists Julia Shizuyo Popham, Erin Aoyama, Hana Maruyama, and chair Elena Creef. /end #AAAS2025
Preparing to discuss reframing the dramatic narrative of a beloved novel from 1957 so that it speaks to an audience in the theater in 2025., at a time of "resurgent ethnonationalism & fascism." This will be no ordinary annual conference of the Association for Asian American Studies in Boston 1/
April 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Preparing to discuss reframing the dramatic narrative of a beloved novel from 1957 so that it speaks to an audience in the theater in 2025., at a time of "resurgent ethnonationalism & fascism." This will be no ordinary annual conference of the Association for Asian American Studies in Boston 1/
Powerful readings from the poets and insightful commentary from the editors of “The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration,” at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle. Connections drawn to the kidnappings and intimidations on the streets and in the schools of America today.
April 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Powerful readings from the poets and insightful commentary from the editors of “The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration,” at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle. Connections drawn to the kidnappings and intimidations on the streets and in the schools of America today.
Gotta love the imagery of this poster by designer Soe Lin Post for my upcoming public talk April 22 at Wellesley College. It visually links the ICE kidnappings and deportations with our graphic novel “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.”
April 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Gotta love the imagery of this poster by designer Soe Lin Post for my upcoming public talk April 22 at Wellesley College. It visually links the ICE kidnappings and deportations with our graphic novel “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.”
Link to RSVP for free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/brynn-sait...
April 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Uh oh, shit’s getting real. In the program notes for the world premiere production of Lauren Yee’s “Mother Russia” at Seattle Rep.
March 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Uh oh, shit’s getting real. In the program notes for the world premiere production of Lauren Yee’s “Mother Russia” at Seattle Rep.
Significantly, the event is co-sponsored by La Resistencia, with many connections to be drawn between the arrest of our grandparents and great-grandparents as enemy aliens in WW2 and the targeting of immigrants for deportation today. 2/2.
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/brynn-sait...
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/brynn-sait...
March 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Significantly, the event is co-sponsored by La Resistencia, with many connections to be drawn between the arrest of our grandparents and great-grandparents as enemy aliens in WW2 and the targeting of immigrants for deportation today. 2/2.
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/brynn-sait...
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/brynn-sait...