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1076 items
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-176-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-176-13)
Recovering from giving up painting; beginning to write: "I felt like I had nothing to lose"
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-176-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-176-18)
Trying to find the balance between history and storytelling
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-176-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-176-12)
Giving up painting and doing temp work in New York
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-176-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-176-19)
Japanese American community reactions to novel; use in schools
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-176-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-176-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-176-10)
Parents' non-reaction to decision to study art: "they've always been very hands-off"
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-176-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-176-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-176-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-176-15)
Enrolling in graduate school, researching first chapter of novel through World War II photographs
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-176-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-176-4)
Finding out more about maternal grandparents' lives
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-176-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-176-14)
Enrolling in writing workshops, writing comic stories
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-176-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-176-23)
Discussion of one of the book's characters, future projects
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-176-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-176-17)
The process of writing novel, inspiration from everyday life experiences
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-176-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-176-6)
Parents' postwar experiences: meeting and getting married
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-176-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-176-3)
Mother's family background: born in California, parents Japanese immigrants
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-176-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-176-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-176-5)
Remembering mother's stories of concentration camp experience
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-176-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-176-7)
Childhood in Palo Alto, California: hobbies and interests
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-176-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-176-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-176-20)
Learning more about Japanese American identity and mother's values through writing novel
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-176-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-176-21)
Personal reactions to success of first novel
![Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-176-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/25/8825e4dfb6b60dc4c41454361341d040.jpg)
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-176-8)
Learning about incarceration late in life
![Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-209-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/57/ac/57acd74406ae45e5d5ed610b814af1e5.jpg)
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Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-209-8)
Description of George Townsend
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Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-209-21)
Receiving medical training at the Mayo Clinic
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Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-209-14)
Helping organize chairs that were donated to camp by outside churches