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Legends From Camp by Lawson Fusao Inada [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

Legends from CampPoetry collection by an award-winning, third-generation Japanese American. As a child, Inada was interned during World War II with his parents at Jerome Camp in Arkansas and Amache Camp in Colorado. In spite of the grim realities of imprisonment, Inada’s memories are mixed with strains of be-bop and jazz.

Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997

Readers: Adult

Published: 1992

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