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Edward Iwata

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Hello, I'm a recovering journalist (ex-USA Today and others) turned fiction writer, moving from news stories to more uplifting tales. Enjoy literary fiction & poetry, memoirs and essays, thrillers & crime yarns here and there, plus in-depth nonfiction on a range of topics. We see cute & funny everyday on TV & the Internet, so for books I enjoy bold, visionary writers weighing in on big themes & topics. Enjoy cultivating the mind & soul. ...more

In Honor of My Ancestors, Manzanar and Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Editor’s note:  This blog post honors the spirits of my late parents, grandparents and family ancestors who were interned during World War II at the Manzanar military internment camp in the Mojave Desert of California.



THE QUEST TO better one’s life is universal. Leaving rice farms and their loved ones in Meiji era Japan, my grandparents boarded ships to the United States before the firs

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