John Okada’s “No-No Boy” is a 1957 novel about a Japanese-American draft resister in WWII and the de
John Okada’s “No-No Boy” is a 1957 novel about a Japanese-American draft resister in WWII and the devastating impacts of JA incarceration. The groundbreaking book is considered the first ever Japanese American novel.In May 2019, Penguin Classics released a new edition of No-No Boy that oversteps the book’s copyright and cuts Okada’s family out of royalties. Now, the fight is on to protect the book’s legacy from a greedy company. Learn more about the publishing fight over No-No Boy here. -- source link
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