LAWRENCE MATSUDA |
Born in Hunt, Idaho at the Minidoka "War Relocation Center," Lawrence Matsuda is a poet, father, author (Community and Difference), and retired Seattle School District teacher and administrator. We welcome him here this evening to read from his first book-length collection of poetry, A Cold Wind from Idaho (Black Lawrence Press). His work reflects his experience as a Japanese-American, a relative of Hiroshima survivors, and as a keen observer of community, family, post-9/11 courage, and much more. "This moves us to new levels of empathy and seeks to heal the speaker, the Japanese-American community, Japan in its relation to America, and this nation itself. I admire its dignity, its ferocious honesty and intimate witnessing of something we thought we knew, but didn't really know, until he told us." - Tess Gallagher.
- Street:
- The Elliott Bay Book Company
- Additional:
- 1521 Tenth Avenue
- City:
- Seattle ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98122
- Country:
- United States
