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People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind.

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The language of her grief is silence. She has learned it well, its idioms, its nuances. Over the years, silence within her small body has grown large and powerful.

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Joy Kogawa

Joy Kogawa

Born: June 6, 1935 (age 90)
Bio: Joy Nozomi Kogawa is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.
Known for:
  1. Obasan (1981)
  2. Naomi's road (1986)
  3. The rain ascends (1995)
  4. Itsuka (1992)
  5. Naomi's Tree (2008)

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