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SUMMARY:The Poet and the Silk Girl by Satsuki Ina @ Central
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DESCRIPTION:Satsuki Ina author of: The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of
  Love\, Imprisonment\, and Protest discusses her book\, as well as her wor
 k and activism..\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/16125900
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Satsuki Ina author of: <strong>The Poet an
 d the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love\, Imprisonment\, and Protest</strong> di
 scusses her book\, as well as her work and activism.</p>\n<p>From Albany a
 uthor\, psychotherapist\, and activist Satsuki Ina\, The Poet and the Silk
  Girl is a powerful and intimate love story set against one of the gravest
  violations of civil liberties in American history. Newlyweds Itaru and Sh
 izuko Ina were beginning their life together when the U.S. government forc
 ibly removed them from their home and incarcerated them in wartime concent
 ration camps solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Under pressure\, t
 hey renounced their citizenship and were labeled enemy aliens\, their fami
 ly scattered across the country.</p>\n<p><br />Born during their imprisonm
 ent\, Ina reconstructs her parents&rsquo\; story through diaries\, photogr
 aphs\, clandestine letters\, and haiku\, revealing how they managed love\,
  loss\, separation\, and loyalty tests amid wartime hysteria. Through one 
 family&rsquo\;s experience\, the book illuminates the broader struggle of 
 Japanese Americans who resisted injustice\, fought to reclaim their rights
 \, and held fast to their humanity amid fear and prejudice.</p>\n<p><br />
 Satsuki Ina&nbsp\;is a licensed psychotherapist who has spent her professi
 onal career seeking to understand the long-term impact of collective and h
 istoric trauma. She is co-organizer of Tsuru for Solidarity\, a grassroots
  coalition formed to protest current policies that echo and reverberate th
 e racism and hate so resonant of the historical Japanese American incarcer
 ation. She has produced two documentary films\,&nbsp\;Children of the Camp
 s&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;From A Silk Cocoon\, and is the author of a memoir\,&nbs
 p\;The Poet and the Silk Girl.</p>\n<p>--</p>\n<p>This program is part of 
 the&nbsp\;Albany Reads&nbsp\;series\, bringing our community together arou
 nd&nbsp\;The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love\, Imprisonment\, and
  Protest&nbsp\;by Satsuki Ina. Through shared reading and related events\,
  we reflect on history\, foster dialogue\, and connect past injustices to 
 present-day conversations about civil liberties and belonging.</p>\nhttps:
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