Of White Ashes

Arts and Letters by KUAR

Aug 10, 202630:16Arts

Between 1942 and 1944 over 16,000 Japanese Americans were interned in Jerome Arkansas. Join us for a story of lives interrupted and resilience with authors Connie and Kent Matsumoto and their novel Of White Ashes.

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