- Northwest Asian Weekly, “’Becoming Nisei’ is a worthy addition to your bookshelf” by Kai Curry, Feb. 25, 2021, https://nwasianweekly.com/2021/02/becoming-nisei-is-a-worthy-addition-to-your-bookshelf/
- Grit City Magazine, “Reclaiming the Lost History of Tacoma’s Japantown” by Jack Cameron, April 12, 2021, https://gritcitymag.com/2021/04/reclaiming-lost-history-of-tacoma-japantown/
- Matt Driscoll in the Tacoma News Tribune; “Can new book hep recreate erased history of Tacoma’s once-thriving Japanese community?” posted online Jan 11, 2021, https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/matt-driscoll/article248347555.html
- King 5 TV interview for New Day Northwest about Becoming Nisei; “Japanese-American community has deep roots in Tacoma”, taped via Zoom and published online Feb 22, 2021; https://www.king5.com/article/news/history/nisei-issei-community-washington-immigrants-japan/281-403f026b-04ff-48ce-827d-1190751f860d
Advance Praise:
This rich and detailed resource adds new dimensions to our state’s and our city’s understanding of Japanese American history. Thanks to the work of Hoffman and Hanneman, we will continue to learn from these Nisei for decades to come.- Tamiko Nimura, HistoryLink.org historian
An innovative and revealing book. The authors use the history of the Tacoma Japanese school to offer a more well-rounded perspective on the prewar Nisei experience.- Greg Robinson, author of After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics
