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The American Story of Hisaye Yamamoto

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A young Japanese woman named Hisaye Yamamoto moved to America in 1935, during the time of segregation in the United States. She worked as a seamstress in New York and was soon accepted into the Assemblage artist group. The artists…

Deku: The Origin of a Hero’s Name

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The name Deku probably means something to you, whether you know it or not. It might even mean something to you as a reader in other parts of the world. But to most people in Japan. Deku was an established…

The Fascinating Life of Anne McLaren

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Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren was born on June 21, 1927 in Cape Town,. South Africa to Elsie Dorothea and Leonard Alexander Lennie McLaren. She was their second child of four. Anne McLaren grew up in a diverse neighborhood filled with…