Books – Literary

Goto, Hiromi. Chorus of Mushrooms, NeWest Press, Alberta, 1994

Kiyooka, Roy, Miki, Roy (editor). Pacific Windows: Poetry of Roy K. Kiyooka, Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1997

Kogawa, Joy. Obasan, Penguin Books, Markham, Ontario, 1983

Kogawa, Joy. Naomi’s Road, Oxford U. Press, Toronto, 1986

Kogawa, Joy. Itsuka, Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1992

Kogawa, Joy. The Rain Ascends, Random House, 1995

Miki, Roy. Saving Face, Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1991

Sakamoto, Kerri, The Electrical Field, Alfred D. Knoff Canada, —

Sakamoto, Kerri, One Hundred Million Hearts, Alfred D. Knoff Canada, 2003

Tanaka, Shelly. Michi’s New Year, Northern Lights, Toronto, 1980

Takashima, Shizue. A Child in Prison Camp, Tundra Books, Toronto, 1971

Watada, Terry. Daruma Days, Ronsdale Press, 1997

Remembering Gordon and Esther Hirabayashi

My parents, Gordon and Esther Hirabayashi, were remarkable folks. My mother’s father, Floyd Schmoe, was a charismatic individual, a renaissance man who was a lifetime pacifist, author, sculptor, mountain guide and park naturalist on Mt. Rainier, marine biologist, and forest ecologist. He built houses for refugees in France for 14 months during World War [...]

It is not enough just to have a birth certificate, certifying one’s birth in Canada. It is not enough to be a native Canadian and expect that mere birth alone is everything: privileges, responsibilities, pride, allegiance. One must grow into citizenship; one must shoulder the responsibilities before there is any real joy in the privileges; one must be vigilant for the honour of one’s country, its integrity, else how can one say with pride: "I am Canadian."
Muriel Kitagawa full quote

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