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Tracy Slater
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Nonfiction writer; B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick; New book: Together in Manzanar: The True story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp; Work in NYT, WashPo, WSJ + more; www.tracyslater.com
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · Jul 14
Together in Manzanar: A True Story. Out now on Amazon: bit.ly/3IgLzql; Bookshop: bit.ly/4eJlVXi; B&N: bit.ly/4kyXehE; Chicago Review Press: bit.ly/44L3hty
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Listen @ jwa.org/podcasts/can... 🗃️ #booksky
"When the discussion about the west coast Japanese American community began…it was a discussion of what to do about immigrants, and it very quickly morphed into a discussion about…a whole category of people living in the US, and citizenship quickly became irrelevant. And that is a real warning we need to heed today."
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 2d
Watch @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcMI... 🗃️ #booksky
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 2d
Next event on 10/20, exploring the story of the only Japanese Jewish family on record in any of the US WWII homeland concentration camps. Free, online, & open to all. Register @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-... 💙📚 🗃️
Graphic with list of forthcoming events, highlighting next one, happening in 2 weeks: Monday, October 20, 2025, 7-8pm ET, Morrisontown Jewish Center & the Morristown & Morris Township Library of New Jersey (online) Reading, discussion, and Q&A about the only Japanese Jewish family in a WWII US concentration camp for Japanese Americans, based on the book Together in Manzanar. Co-sponsored by Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael Adult Ed, Gottesman RTW Academy, National Council of Jewish Women - West Morris Section, Or Hadash, Pine Brook Jewish Center, Temple Beth Am, & Temple Shalom. Free & open to the public, but pease register here to get zoom link.
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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 1d
Hey! I managed to write a newsletter! buttondown.com/draftingthep...
Drafting the Past is Back, Baby
A new interview with Ruby Lal, why you need a website, and a writing opportunity!
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 2d
Next event on 10/20, exploring the story of the only Japanese Jewish family on record in any of the US WWII homeland concentration camps. Free, online, & open to all. Register @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-... 💙📚 🗃️
Graphic with list of forthcoming events, highlighting next one, happening in 2 weeks: Monday, October 20, 2025, 7-8pm ET, Morrisontown Jewish Center & the Morristown & Morris Township Library of New Jersey (online) Reading, discussion, and Q&A about the only Japanese Jewish family in a WWII US concentration camp for Japanese Americans, based on the book Together in Manzanar. Co-sponsored by Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael Adult Ed, Gottesman RTW Academy, National Council of Jewish Women - West Morris Section, Or Hadash, Pine Brook Jewish Center, Temple Beth Am, & Temple Shalom. Free & open to the public, but pease register here to get zoom link.
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 2d
Watch @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcMI... 🗃️ #booksky
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks! Really love what you guys do. And congratulations on your new book!
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 3d
👍🏻👍🏻 I should have thought of that myself!
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you! So grateful for your support of all these great projects.
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d
+ Please share widely to get all this great public scholarship to all the folks, & make sure to check out our new Black & White & Read All Over site for these threads & much more!

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Black and White and Read All Over
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d
+ featuring contributions from @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @urbanhistorya.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @literaryhub.bsky.social @cliocontemporary.bsky.social @jakeromm.bsky.social & @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social @inverting-vision.bsky.social +
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 3d
As always, you guys are amazing for doing all this. TY for another treasure-chest of ideas! One request: any way to make the site's links open new windows? Then we can click tons of links w/out losing our place on the main page... Maybe this adds extra work tho so understandable if it can't be done!
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 244 (10/5/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possib...
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 5d
At the height of WWII, Elaine Buchman Yoneda became the only Jewish woman on record to be imprisoned in an American concentration camp.

In our new podcast episode, tracyslater.bsky.social describes how anti-immigrant policies tore families apart and how those forces are reemerging: buff.ly/zMgBVOI
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 4d
Readers. Making the world seem hopeful again. 📚💙 (And thx to @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for the newsletter shoutout!)
Picture with an email about the book Together in Manzanar. Text added: "Do readers know how awesome they make writers feel when they send emails like this one? And so good to see the reference to the wonderful Naomi Hirahara's books, too. My email back included: 'I've read this and Hirahara's others; She's a treasure!'"
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 4d
Readers. Making the world seem hopeful again. 📚💙 (And thx to @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for the newsletter shoutout!)
Picture with an email about the book Together in Manzanar. Text added: "Do readers know how awesome they make writers feel when they send emails like this one? And so good to see the reference to the wonderful Naomi Hirahara's books, too. My email back included: 'I've read this and Hirahara's others; She's a treasure!'"
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you @tracyslater.bsky.social for sharing this important history with HBI!
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 4d
An honor to speak w/ @tracyslater.bsky.social recently in HBI's Sandra Seltzer Silberman #hbiconversations Series about the US government's unlawful and horrendous imprisonment of tens of thou­sands of Japan­ese Amer­i­cans in detention camps during World War II. Thank you Tracy! 🙏
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 7d
Loved talking to @jwaonline.bsky.social about the only Jewish woman in a US WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, what happened to her after Manzanar, the daughter she left behind, and more. FYI - SPOILERS in episode for what happens in book! 🗃️ 📚💙 jwa.org/podcasts/can...
Episode 131: Together in Manzanar: A Japanese Jewish American Story | Jewish Women's Archive
In the spring of 1942, at the height of World War II, Elaine Buchman Yoneda became the only Jewish woman on record to be imprisoned in an American concentration camp. Manzanar was one of the detention...
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Just found my first book listed in the #anthropic settlement and filed my claim. Anyone else with me? Sending thanks to @authorsguild.org for their thorough explanation of how to do this! All authors can access the info here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 5d
Listen @ jwa.org/podcasts/can... 🗃️ #booksky
"When the discussion about the west coast Japanese American community began…it was a discussion of what to do about immigrants, and it very quickly morphed into a discussion about…a whole category of people living in the US, and citizenship quickly became irrelevant. And that is a real warning we need to heed today."
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 6d
#Toronto peeps! Please feel free to join us at the Toronto launch of the book💜. November 12, 7-9pm ET. More info @ signup here! app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 🗃️ 📚💙
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 6d
#Toronto peeps! Please feel free to join us at the Toronto launch of the book💜. November 12, 7-9pm ET. More info @ signup here! app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 🗃️ 📚💙
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