More American - Paperback

by Sharon Hashimoto (Author), Alan Lau

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.

Author Biography

Sharon Hashimoto' s first book of poetry, The Crane Wife (co-winner of the 2003 Nicholas Roerich Prize and published by Story Line Press), was reprinted by Red Hen Press in 2021. Her second poetry collection, More American, won the 2021 Off the Grid Poetry Prize, judged by Marilyn Nelson, and the 2022 Washington State Book Award in poetry. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Indiana Review, Louisiana Literature, North American Review, and other literary publications. She is a recipient of a NEA fellowship in poetry.