In partnership with Spokane Public Library, join us to discuss the One Book, One Coast inaugural selection, George Takei’s graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy.
Join us and special guest Lisa Heyamoto to discuss the graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Eisinger Scott Becker, this year’s One Book, One Coast selection.
Stretching from California’s southern border to the north most tip of Washington state, One Book, One Coast (OBOC) is a brand-new, multi-state community reading initiative that brings readers together around a shared book, sparking conversation, programs and reflection across the West Coast.
Our inaugural selection is They Called Us Enemy, a graphic memoir by George Takei that recounts his childhood experience of incarceration alongside more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent, most of whom were U.S. citizens, following Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
Catch up on reading and get your book copies through Spokane Public Library and Auntie’s Bookstore, or attend ACL’s Asian American Heritage Month events for a chance to win a copy of They Called Us Enemy!
About the presenters
Lisa Heyamoto is dedicated to building a durable local news infrastructure through sustainable organizational growth, systems thinking and community engagement. She is Vice President of Portfolio Learning at the American Journalism Project, where she surfaces data insights across the grantee portfolio to create rich learning experiences that move news organizations forward. She was previously a senior leader at LION Publishers, a journalism educator at the University of Oregon and a reporter at The Sacramento Bee and The Seattle Times. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband publish a community newspaper while raising two daughters, a dog and a cat.
Sharma Shields is the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library and her novels have received the Washington State Book Award and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.