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More American

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More American

By Sharon HashimotoNarrated by Sharon Hashimoto

More American

Length57m

About this audiobook

Sharon Hashimoto reconstructs a collective memory, conjuring the voices of grandparents, children, soldiers, and " those left to tell." In moving detail, these poems convey the realities of assimilation, service, and internment as experienced by Japanese Americans during, and in the decades following, the Second World War. In this stunning collection, Hashimoto reckons with the limitations of language, and by extension, notions of citizenship. She deftly sounds the dissonances in the language of loyalty and allegiance.

Audiobook details

GenrePoetry

Length57 mins

Narrated bySharon Hashimoto

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMay 9, 2023

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Intro

29Partiiinowrongturnings

2Dedication

30Mangoes

3Partijapaneseamericandictionary

31Expectations

4Orientalflavors

32Attherichardhugohouse

5Mygrandmotherpeelingonions

33Nowrongturnings

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6Midnightthespottedhoundwanders

34Steelheadfishing

7Firstchinesebrotherswallowingthesea

35Latenightphonecall

8Kokusaitheatreseattle 1965

36Theferalcats

9Whatmyblindgrandfathershowedme

37Whateveneversaidtocain

10Japaneseamericandictionary

38Gifts

11Colorsnapshotoregoncoast 1971

39Tomygrandnephewjamesofthefuture

12Submergedclotheslinesaltonsea 1963

40Therightkindofsong

13Nuclearcattle

41Lastday

14Amen

42Inflower

15Soft

43Partivthoselefttotell

16Oneoftheworldsoldesttwinsdiesatage 107injapan

44Inhawaiiwedothis

17Sevenhaikufrommygrandmotherinthekawabehouse

45Thegolfersdaughter

18Asleep

46Onhearingofafriendsonsetofalzheimers

19Toerlindafiftyyearslater

47Hardshellclamming

20Partiithewar

48Sciurusgriseus

21August 9th

49Argumentonthebeachvashonisland

22Dayofdeparturemay 91942

50Theodorjacobsenobservatory

23Abarrackswindowoutside

51Thebusdriverswife

24Abarrackswindowinside

52Theguestbedroom

25Amatterofloyaltyquestion 27

53Atthefoulweatherbluffpreserve

26Amatterofloyaltyquestion 28aniseisresponse

54Badminton

27Lettertomyfatherfromhisfriendoverseasaugust 1944

55Thoselefttotellforac

28Smithsonian

56Outro

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