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Julie Otsuka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-176)
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Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-176-2)
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Father's family background: immigration to the U.S. in the 1950s
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-176-13)
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Recovering from giving up painting; beginning to write: "I felt like I had nothing to lose"
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-176-18)
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Trying to find the balance between history and storytelling
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-176-12)
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Giving up painting and doing temp work in New York
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-176-19)
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Japanese American community reactions to novel; use in schools
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-176-1)
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Discussion about Japanese names
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-176-10)
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Parents' non-reaction to decision to study art: "they've always been very hands-off"
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-176-11)
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Pursuing education in Berlin
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-176-9)
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Studying art at Yale University
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-176-15)
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Enrolling in graduate school, researching first chapter of novel through World War II photographs
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-176-4)
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Finding out more about maternal grandparents' lives
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-176-14)
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Enrolling in writing workshops, writing comic stories
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-176-23)
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Discussion of one of the book's characters, future projects
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-176-17)
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The process of writing novel, inspiration from everyday life experiences
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-176-6)
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Parents' postwar experiences: meeting and getting married
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-176-3)
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Mother's family background: born in California, parents Japanese immigrants
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-176-22)
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Parents' response to novel
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-176-5)
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Remembering mother's stories of concentration camp experience
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-176-7)
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Childhood in Palo Alto, California: hobbies and interests
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-176-16)
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A visual approach to writing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-16/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-176-20)
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Learning more about Japanese American identity and mother's values through writing novel
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-176-21)
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Personal reactions to success of first novel
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Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-176-8)
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Learning about incarceration late in life
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-8/

Narrator Julie Otsuka

Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/200/
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