Meet the Author?

It isn't listed on the library calendar, but under "California Reads" it definitely says that Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston will be at the library at 2:00 today to kick off the California Reads program and talk about her book, Farewell to Manzanar. At this point, I am fully intending to be there.

California Reads 2012

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

California Reads is sponsored by Cal Humanities (formerly the California Council for the Humanities), in partnership with the California Center for the Book, and the California State Library. California Reads is similar to The Big Read, which we participated in earlier this year, in that it promotes a list of books and encourages people to come together to discuss those books. This year at the San Leandro Library, the selected book is Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoir of growing up in a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston will be at the San Leandro Library next week, Saturday, June 30, 2012, at 2 p.m. to talk about the book. Below is a video excerpt from the Cal Humanities website of her talking about writing the book.



Here is another brief documentary video I found on YouTube about the internment. Many of you will recognize one of the scenes from the video.