Press for The Gate of Memory

LA Taco’s “25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025” by Mike Sonksen (December, 2025)

“The editors of this anthology see the project as a space of renewal and possibility…” — Mike Sonksen

Soapberry Review’s “Best Asian American Books of 2025” (December, 2025)

The literature of Japanese American and Japanese Canadian incarceration continues to be written, and this volume testifies to its necessity.” – Floyd Cheung, professor of English language & literature and American studies at Smith College and co-editor of The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

Nichi Bei News. “Reimagining and Reinterpreting the Wartime Incarceration” by Patricia Wakida (August, 2025)

“I found solace in the words of these descendants and their reach towards our ancestors, to alleviate our collective grief and console one other’s spirits.” — Patricia Wakida

International Examiner: “The Gate of Memory, a collection of poems by descendants of WWII Japanese American incarcerees, is roadmap for defying guilt, shame and silence,” by Amy Hirayama (April, 2025)

“This is the exact right moment for this book. It’s evidence of how traumas survive, flowing from one generation to the next. It’s a roadmap for defying guilt, shame and silence. It’s an invitation to speak up, to record and share stories even if they’re incomplete or fading. It asks us to listen, to ask questions and to take action.” —Amy Hirayama

Alta Journal: “13 New Books for April” (April, 2025)

“With contributions from 66 poets, this thoughtful, deeply moving, and original anthology provides an intimate history of the incarceration of Nikkei (Japanese immigrants and their descendants) as well as a collective recollecting that transforms intergenerational trauma into an offering of solidarity, love, and resistance to erasure.” —Jessica Blough, Maisie Hurwitz and Will Garrett

dIS•orient Journalzine: “The Gate of Memory: Soul Scars” (June, 2025)

“The Camps have left a scar that has stretched for generations now. The evidence is clear in this anthology. The Gate of Memory is a gate of sadness but also hope.” — D Hideo Maruyama