WE HEREBY REFUSE: a graphic novel

Now available from @Chinmusicpress. Finalist in Creative Nonfiction for the Washington State Book Award. @FrankAbe blogs at

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown https://t.co/MwE64NtIsP via @NYTimes

[ConscienceDVD @ConscienceDVD]

Our film on the largest organized resistance to wartime incarceration is now on a streaming platform. "Conscience and the Constitution" premiered 25 yrs ago on PBS. You can now watch it on the Nichi Bei Foundation's Films of Remembrance On Demand service. https://t.co/TQ15GlBUZb

[Densho @DenshoProject]

Join @KCLS on August 9 for a talk by author @FrankAbe about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration, and his graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration: https://t.co/Ty7hBrhiDf

[YURI Education Project @yuri_education]

Tonight, YURI is proud to be in conversation with our dear friend @WeHerebyRefuse @FrankAbe and his co-editor Floyd Cheung as they present their new @PenguinBooks anthology, THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION.

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

Thanks to Adam Smith at @SampanNewspaper in Boston for this interview on Mitsuye Endo and @WeHerebyRefuse, on the occasion of her award of the Presidential Citizens Medal. https://t.co/EZUUrQokj2

[ConscienceDVD @ConscienceDVD]

Resistance to injustice. In NYC, join a distinguished panel of jurists & legal scholars from the @FordhamNYC Center on Asian Americans and The Law for a special screening on February 25 of CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION. RSVP: https://t.co/cvGcfhNUIn

[WE HEREBY REFUSE: a graphic novel @WeHerebyRefuse]

Start the new year right with a 2025 "Resisters of the Pacific Northwest" calendar from Friends of Minidoka, with material on the Minidoka draft resisters, the Mothers Society that objecting to draft of of their sons, & 1st Day of Remembrance. Order: https://t.co/E7jryV3COQ

[ICE out of CA @iceoutofca]

In the face of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, CA must set a model of inclusion for the nation.

Our leaders must IMMEDIATELY use every tool at their disposal to protect and defend our immigrant neighbors - and our deepest values.

Please read and share our full statement ⬇️

[WE HEREBY REFUSE: a graphic novel @WeHerebyRefuse]

Fight back. Teach the history of wartime incarceration that the president-elect is invoking as the precedent for his program of mass deportation & 21st century American concentration camps. Read our graphic novel available from: https://t.co/1ujusQJpF4

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

Fight back. Teach the history of wartime incarceration that the president-elect is invoking as the precedent for his program of mass deportation & 21st century American concentration camps. @PRHHigherEd has just issued this Teachers Guide for our anthology from @PenguinClassics.

[Penguin Random House Higher Education @PRHHigherEd]

We are pleased to announce that the Teacher's Guide for The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration edited by @FrankAbe and Floyd Cheung is now available!

Find the guide written by Laura Reis Mayer here: https://t.co/om1ghOSSpM

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

First interview post-election. It speaks for itself.

See the full Q an A with Bianca Vandenbos at her Book Notions blog: https://t.co/ZI0z2fA3Uw

[Third Place Books @ThirdPlaceBooks]

On Monday 10/21 at 7pm our Seward Park store welcomes Frank Abe and special guest with Vince Schleitwiler as they discuss the book, The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration @FrankAbe @PenguinClassics
https://t.co/RG7h9gj9lr

[Discover Nikkei @discovernikkei]

Los Angeles, CA: JANM Book Club: Literature of Japanese American Incarceration on Oct. 12 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm PDT @jamuseum https://t.co/JUN5VTSi62

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

It’s an honor to serve as featured speakers for @DenshoProject’s fall fundraiser. Densho is the gold standard in preservation of camp history and an indispensable resource for us in building our anthology for @PenguinClassics. Join us Oct. 10.

[岩田 仲弘 @nakahiroiwata]

Thank you very much for sharing your difficult experiences during the WWII, Takashi-san! We have learned a lot and will continue to share your thoughts with our readers from now on. @HeartMountainWY @MasakoMiki @apacurator @jamuseum @FrankAbe @gaihou1
https://t.co/t3b0lEZ2Up

[Bob Greenberg @bobgreenberg]

⁦@FrankAbe⁩ - We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
https://t.co/CPPjFuTzBs

[Frank Abe @FrankAbe]

In Sacramento, join me and @sharony360 on 10/16 for a screening of "One Fighting Irishman" and discussion of the graphic novel, @WeHerebyRefuse, moderated by Sacramento Sup. Ct. Judge Kara Ueda at Matsui Federal Courthouse. Sponsored 9th Judicial Hist. Soc. & @PacificMcGeorge.

[WE HEREBY REFUSE: a graphic novel @WeHerebyRefuse]

We take it as a sign that we've made the big time when we see the @SeattleChannel’s animation of the Jim Akutsu chapter of our graphic novel being streamed on board @AlaskaAir flights!