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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. February 24, 2014. An AWP14 welcome mat: eating, writing, reading in Seattle. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite restaurants, museums, and bookstores below close to the AWP conference. [.]. May 23, 2010. Assignment #2, draft 3. Reading Out Loud 1. There is a framed photograph sitting on top of my rolltop desk, the left-hand side. Say [.]. A Few Writers I Read. Dr Dolen's Divinations. WordPress T...

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My BookinProgress - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. May 28, 2014. Come see about me: graduation day. First Can’t Hurry Love, now this? Must be something about The Supremes that keeps me coming back. But [.]. September 28, 2013. The Retelling: Talking to the National Parks Service About Tule Lake. Photo: Jimmy Emerson Today at The Seattle Star, I wrote a piece that I call a struggle with an essay [.]. March 15, 2013. The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop, 2013.

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. Repetition, music and love:. February 11, 2014. I know I’d planned other topics and they’ll happen here eventually, but this one wrote itself today). With music, repetition is the prerequisite to love. Repeating something that much in order to love it? I have to amend my professor’s saying: if repetition is the prerequisite to love, interruption of the repetition is the prerequisite to memory. Dr Dolen&#...

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My word for the year, 2014 - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. My word for the year, 2014. January 23, 2014. I started this entry with some panic: I needed a Word For The Year. I’ve been using these lately, instead of New Year’s resolutions, as a rough compass for each year, for each place where I’m unsure. Should I do X or Y? I would feed the question to the Word of the Year Magic 8-ball, and see what emerges. Last year’s word was REACH. Most perfectionists (also i...

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. July 11, 2013. First day back after a long hiatus is usually the worst. It is cranky and sleepless as a new parent. It is as [.]. June 8, 2013. For a sister getting married: senbazuru (1000 cranes). I’m staying overnight with my daughter and her friends on a field trip. My [.]. April 30, 2013. On writing and braising. March 18, 2013. One year later: the beauty of visible grief, revisited. March 15, 2013.

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Food writing - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. February 24, 2014. An AWP14 welcome mat: eating, writing, reading in Seattle. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite restaurants, museums, and bookstores below close to the AWP conference. [.]. September 3, 2013. Eggplant Zucchini Okazu (Okazu Nimura-Style). When Josh and I were in college and just learning how to live together, we also had to figure out to cook [.]. September 9, 2011. July 11, 2011.

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. February 24, 2014. An AWP14 welcome mat: eating, writing, reading in Seattle. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite restaurants, museums, and bookstores below close to the AWP conference. [.]. I write about issues that interest me including (but not limited to) books, food, family, diversity, education, yoga, fine arts, and Asian America. A Few Writers I Read. Dr Dolen's Divinations.

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My Book-In-Progress - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. As the culminating project for “my own private MFA,” I’m writing a book. It’s a memoir: a conversation with the archives of my dad’s life, including his unpublished book manuscript about his World War II incarceration as a Japanese American. I’ve been working on pieces of it for several years now. You can read the most recent description of the project here. About a library (June 20, 2010). Come see abou...

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“How's the writing going?” - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. How’s the writing going? August 20, 2013. On the one hand, I’m excited that people are asking me this question. Really. Most people who ask me this question are well-intentioned and sincere. They want to know how this new writing life is working out for me. It’s the polite thing to do. You would ask someone in a different profession, How’s work? So, how’s the writing going? Post about how she responds wh...

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Food Writing - kikugirl

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My own private MFA: the blog of writer Tamiko Nimura. Tamiko Nimura: Other Places to Find My Writing. Photo by Josh Parmenter. I’m always looking for interesting opportunities to work with interesting people and organizations. Please feel free to send me a message (kikugirl at kikugirl dot net) if you’d like to work with me or know more about my work. You can download my writing/editing resume. Personal food essays and poetry here at Kikugirl. Eggplant zucchini okazu (Okazu Nimura-style). Time to make pie.