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WEDNESDAY, APR. 18 to THURSDAY APR. 19, 2012 VOLUME 106 ISSUE 91
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Vignettes on the margins JUDAH L ANDZBERG Staff Writer Bestselling author and winner of the Academy of American Poets award Gail Tsukiyama has always been interested in telling the stories of outcasts. “I’ve always been interested in those who are set apart from the rest of society. There is a multitude of ways to be set apart. … It could be external or internal forces, something as widespread as an entirely different subculture living apart from the general society, or as everyday and intimate as an illness,” said Tsukiyama. To m o r r o w, Tsukiyama will be reading
Celebrate Reading Festival with Gail Tsukiyama When: Thursday, April 19; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Where: Art Auditorium Contact: Lorna Hershinow, 808-239-9726 or hershinow@gmail.com
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at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa from three of her books. “A Hundred Flowers,” her newest, will come out in print this August. Set in 1958, the book takes place in China during Mao Zedong’s Hundred Flowers Campaign, which led into the Cultural Revolution. Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father who grew up in Hawai‘i. Her most recently printed book, “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms,” is a story of two brothers set in WWII Japan. Tsukiyama’s stories often reflect this rich cultural heritage. “The beauty is that in life you never run out of stories,” she said. Tsukiyama’s visit is sponsored by Celebrate Reading, program that works with the English department and the student senate to bring community readers and international writers onto campus. “We chose Gail Tsukiyama because her interest in history, politics and the family, and her Chinese-Japanese cultural interests, make her a natural for crossdisciplinary conversation,” said Lorna Hershinow, founder of Celebrate Reading. “And it helps that her father was raised here and that she understands Hawai‘i very well.” Celebrate Reading also sponsors a book club every Thursday from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Sustainability Courtyard (contact Hershinow for more information). In preparation for Tsukiyama’s visit, the group read “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms.” Many of the members commented on Tsukiyama’s treatment of themes of trauma, such as war and poverty, as well as her poignant, minimalist style. “The characters had a true love story and endured, with some humor, what was near starvation and harsh life in general,” said book club member and retired UH geologist Andrea Anixt. “The writer also went from vignette to vignette, which I like.”
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