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Japanese Voices of Angel Island
Japanese Inscriptions and Poetry from Angel Island, a book talk presented by Professor Charles Egan.
Sat. April 10, 11 a.m. to 12 noon via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
You’re invited to a book talk and live Q and A by Professor Charles Egan, who for almost twenty years has researched writings left behind by detainees on Angel Island. The island housed a U.S. immigration station from 1910 to 1940. Egan documented Japanese and other languages which are still visible on the barracks walls in his new book Voices of Angel Island. The Japanese writing includes that left behind by immigrants, World War II “enemy aliens” from the U.S., and prisoners of war from Japan. Egan also documented works published in the Nichibei Shimbun, including poetry and extensive prose including a suicide note from a picture bride.
Charles Egan is Professor of Chinese and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at San Francisco State University.
