Wind down after a day at the Nisei Week Book Fair with a cocktail on the Plaza featuring a multigenerational celebration of Japanese American literary and storytelling culture with San Pedro native son Gene Oishi, reading from Fox Drum Bebop, his debut novel about how internment shaped one man’s entire life, translator Andrew Leong about his search for writer Nagahara Shoshon, as well as UC Riverside’s Traise Yamamoto, poet Traci Kato-Kiriyama and others.

Hosted by Jenny Yang. Presented by Kaya Press in conjunction with Disoriented Comedy.

Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
Location: JACCC Plaza, 244 S San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, 90012

Special thanks to Heritage Source, Discover Nikkei, JACCC, and Far Bar.