After I drove through the old limestone arch, Google Maps took me the wrong way around the parade grounds of Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Retired librarian Richard Kettering was waiting for me outside the clock tower of Shumway Hall, which dates from 1887. Richard kindly introduced me to what Kiyoshi Kitagawa’s world might have been like… Continue reading Intramurals and forty-three pickles.
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Culture and Voice on Dakota land.
April 12, 1933. Madison-born Nobu Kitagawa held a senior piano recital for the prestigious MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis. Her ruffled evening gown draped elegantly to the floor as she drew out a Beethoven moonlit fantasy. Later as she played Mendelssohn’s “On the Wings of Song,” her audience might have imagined themselves flying over… Continue reading Culture and Voice on Dakota land.
Japanese on Dakota land.
Midwesterners tell me about Japanese Americans they’ve known. The Japanese American favorite aunt. The Japanese American classmate who got the girl in the end. The Japanese American classmate who was elected student body president and homecoming king, yet who could not find a prom date. The Japanese American teaching mentor who taught with a sense… Continue reading Japanese on Dakota land.
Patti Kameya 