Dream of the Water Children
Memory and Mourning in the Black Pacific
Distributed for 2Leaf Press
476 pages
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8 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2019
Review Quotes
Grace M. Cho, author of Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy and the Forgotten War
“Dream of the Water Children is a meditation on the condition of a Black Japanese diaspora born of war and U.S. imperialism as much as it is a personal story of love, loss and spiritual redemption. Written in multiple voices, Cloyd lets his ghosts speak.”
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and writer
“Fredrick Douglas Kakinami Cloyd has written a profoundly moving and thought-provoking book. . . a master story-teller who honors and respects memory.”
Leonard Rifas, Ph.D, University of Washington
“Can be read as a ghost story, a meditation on how to disassemble the heartbreak machines; a catalog of copious tears and small comforts. This is a challenging example of personal bravery and filial love.”
Patricia Mushim Ikeda, Buddhist teacher / activist
“This is a mature book that moves fluidly, as the mind moves, untroubled by traditional distinctions between writing considered to be academic vs. creative, memoir vs. personal essay, sure-footed in unexpected ways.”
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