Diorama with labels showing internment and relocation centers during WWII. Signed by the artist John Sasaki. Selected by Frank Abe interpreting John Okada, who wrote NO-NO BOY, a novel that tells the story of a Japanese American in the aftermath of the internment.

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A Thousand Words Worth

Washington authors tell Northwest stories through historic rtifacts

What happens when you bring creative writers into a building filled with tens of thousands of historic artifacts and ask them to pick a few objects?