Explore the neighborhoods in Naomi Hirahara's novel Clark and Division and take a deep dive into the history of Chicago's Japanese American community with author and local historian Erik Matsunaga. Join Erik as he illuminates Chicago the history of these neighborhoods and the lives of those living in them. 

Erik Matsunaga is an author and local historian whose investigations into the history of Chicago’s Japanese American community have been featured by the Japanese American National Museum, Alphawood Gallery, WBEZ Radio, and the Newberry Library. Born in Chicago, a descendant of WWII-era Nikkei resettlers from California, he curates @windycitynikkei which features “Bite-sized Glimpses of Japanese American Chicago”—on Instagram.

This program is presented as part of One Book, One Village.

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