EventBetween Roots & Rivers
Join us for a free lecture by Emma Ito on “Between Roots & Rivers: Japanese Immigrant and Japanese American Journeys in Virginia.” Ito, director of education at Virginia Humanities, will …
EventRead Up Richmond: Kevin Nguyen
Join this engaging discussion with author Kevin Nguyen at Richmond Public Library! The Richmond Library is honored to present Mỹ Documents as their 7th annual Read Up Richmond selection. This is a …
EventRead Up Richmond: The Japanese Experience in Virginia, 1900s-1950s: Jim Crow to Internment
Often overlooked because of the small population, there are few sources to tell us about the lives of Japanese and Japanese Americans in Virginia during Jim Crow and World War …
News2023-2024 AANHPI Releases You May Have Missed
In honor of AAPI Month, Emma Ito shares some new books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors you may have missed that came out in the last year.
NewsAAPI Heritage Month Reading Recommendations
Emma Ito, director of education at Virginia Humanities, shares her reading recommendations for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
NewsA Korean-language daily bridges the gap for those new to America
Five mornings a week, the large and growing Korean-American community in Northern Virginia and the Washington metro area can get the news in their native language thanks to the Korea Times, a 52-year-old daily whose Los Angeles parent also publishes local editions in other major U.S. cities.
EventSHELF LIFE—Tastes Like War with Grace M. Cho
Grace M. Cho discusses her latest book, Tastes Like War, which was a nonfiction finalist for the 2021 National Book Award. Part memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War offers …
NewsAAPI Recommended Reading
Last summer, With Good Reason staff gathered a list of summer reading recommendations by Asian American and Pacific Islander writers from guests. We’re sharing it now in recognition of May as #AAPIHeritageMonth.
NewsLegacies of World War II
When you think of archeology what comes to mind? Maybe paper maps and pickaxes in dusty places? Instead, imagine precise instruments delicately probing what’s below the surface to prevent destruction to sacred spaces. Richard Freund uses this less invasive archeology to help tell the stories of Jewish resistance in WWII.
EventA Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather
On Thursday, April 21, Virginia Humanities director of education Emma Ito will join the award-winning photojournalist Regina H. Boone for a conversation about Boone’s latest documentary film A Vanished Dream: …
NewsMaking Sense of the World, Making Sense of Ourselves: Graphic Memoirs
Courtney Cook (The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces) and Laura Gao (Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American) explore how growing …
NewsAccidental Detectives [You Don’t Want Coming After You!]
Join authors Elle Cosimano (Finlay Donovan Is Killing It!), Naomi Hirahara (An Eternal Lei), and Katharine Schellman (Silence in the Library), as they share the twists and turns of their …
