Xs and Os

by Jan Morrill

In this Pushcart nominated story, Jubie Lee Franklin watches as hundreds of Japanese Americans get off the train in her small town in Arkansas. She's never seen people who look like they do, and she's surprised when the white folk start calling them names. After all, she figured only Negroes were called ugly names. But though their skin colors are different, Jubie befriends Sachiko Kimura, and they learn they have plenty in common.

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First published April 24, 2011

About the author

Jan Morrill was born and (mostly) raised in California. Her mother, a Buddhist Japanese American, was an internee at Tule Lake and Topaz during World War II. Her father, a Southern Baptist redhead of Irish descent, retired from the Air Force.

Her award-winning historical fiction, The Red Kimono,(University of Arkansas Press, 2013) and other short stories and memoir essays, reflect growing up in a multicultural, multi-religious, multi-political background.

While working on the sequel to The Red Kimono, Jan teaches writing workshops and speaks about the history of the Japanese American internment.

Reviews

[Erin Robyn Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a bit of Jubie's side of the story with her friend Sachiko (The Red Kimono, also by Jan Morrill). loved it, wanted more.