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Book Club is Wine Club – A Place for What We Lose

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WhereJAMO Annex, 431 NW Flanders St., Portland, Oregon, 97209. Directions

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Book Club is Wine Club – A Place for What We LoseSunday, November 8 at 2pmJAMO Annex431 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR 97209 Please join the Japanese American Museum of Oregon for a special book club discussion with Tamiko Nimura, author of A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake. We will hear from the author, have time to discuss this rich text together, and enjoy locally produced Willamette Valley wines from Et Fille. RSVP About the book: In a moving conversation with the past, Tamiko Nimura explores her late father’s life and her family’s wartime history at Tule Lake. The typewritten pages of her father’s unpublished memoir—written decades earlier about his childhood behind barbed wire—spark a reckoning with the long shadow of parental loss and the unresolved legacy of incarceration. Following an innovative structure, Nimura interlaces her father’s vivid recollections with her own: scenes of camp life, family separation, and resistance alongside her present-day journey as a mother, writer, and descendant. Joining a community pilgrimage to Tule Lake transforms inherited pain into collective remembrance. With honesty and lyrical precision, Nimura shows how intergenerational trauma and silence are transmitted, and how confronting them can foster healing. Part memoir, part dialogue with the past, A Place for What We Lose illuminates the enduring costs of incarceration while honoring the persistence of family, memory, and story. It is a profoundly moving exploration of grief, history, and the fragile but necessary work of resilience. About the author: Tamiko Nimura, Ph.D., is an award-winning Asian American (Sansei/Pinay) creative nonfiction writer, community journalist, and public historian. She writes at the intersection of her love of literature, American ethnic studies, inherited wisdom from teachers and activists, and storytelling through history. Her work has appeared in a variety of national and international outlets, including San Francisco Chronicle, Smithsonian Magazine, and Off Assignment. Her commissioned work includes a California permanent exhibit, a co-authored graphic novel titled We Hereby Refuse, and a 10+-year series of essays for the Japanese American National Museum. She is a board member of the Tule Lake Committee. Her memoir is titled A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE: A DAUGHTER’S RETURN TO TULE LAKE (University of Washington Press). As the direct descendant of Japanese American World War II incarcerees, Tamiko has worked to keep this history alive through her writing and public speaking. RSVP for Book Club is Wine Club – A Place for What We Lose Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Including yourself, how many people are you registering for?(Required)Zip CodeThis event is 21+ only. Please check here to acknowledge that everyone in your party is 21 or over. Yes, we are all 21+ Would you like to be kept up-to-date with our upcoming programs and events? Yes, please! Submit

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