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Sansei male. Born January 4, 1942, in Worland, Wyoming. Graduated from Harvard College in 1965, and went on to earn an M.A. in American History from Brandeis University and an ABT in American Civilization from Brown University. Worked for book publishers Gambit, Houghton Mifflin, Random House, Macmillan, and Reader’s Digest magazine. READ MORE

Grayce & Hiro Uyehara: In memoriam
after Five years

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The Washington Post: Move Over Tom Clancy.
Also, Almanac publication perils in the New York Times.  After redress, what?  In the Los Angeles Times.  The Best Guide to America in the Chicago Tribune.

The Almanac in The New York Times.

Finalist, National Book Awards

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The Washington Post

Move Over, Tom Clancy
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The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
The Turning Point : Now That the Redress Issue Is Settled, Japanese-Americans Are Confronting Questions on Their Culture’s  Future
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Asahi Shimbun

Reagan’s Words, September 28, 2015
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The Billings Gazette

Worland native, civil liberties activist, to receive high Japanese honor • By MARTIN KIDSTON Gazette Wyoming Bureau • Jan 25, 2013
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The Casper Tribune

Wyoming native to receive one of Japanese government’s highest honor
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Film Review: ‘Right of Passage’

Letter to the Editor

Extended conversation after the formal videotaping
Interviewers: Laine Bailey De Freece, Joan Purcell, and Cathy Healy
Proofreaders: Peggy Steele Porter and Joannie Jeffres
June 2, 2023

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It doesn’t make economic sense to publish a 1,883 page book, you say. It’s still going to be available — in full — on the web, you say. What’s the big deal, you say? To which I respond with this:

That’s my desk at the Washington Post. I have every edition of the Almanac from 1972 to 2014 with the exception of 1976, my birth year and the Almanac that has become my white whale. Some people collect coins. Some people collect guns. Some people collect Christmas ornaments. Me, I collect Almanacs. Since I started covering politics way back in 1998, the Almanac has been my constant companion — helping me to tunnel deeper and deeper into the world of politics that has become my passion and my profession.

For me the Almanac was one of the seminal works of my growing up in the world. The first was “The Indian in the Cupboard”, which, as a kid, I read into the ground. In college it was “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren. Once I entered the work world, it was the Almanac and “What It Takes” by Richard Cramer. Like a song you associate with a specific person or memory, I associate the Almanac with my discovery of a never-before-known love of politics.

I’ve made my love for the publication known lots (and lots) of times over the years.