Torrance Library Presentation
August 22, 2009
As the guest of the Torrance Public Library, Kiyo spoke eloquently for over an hour about the events in Dandelion Through the Crack, the other internment camps, and life in general for Japanese-Americans after Executive Order 9066 was issued.
Kiyo was excited to have her nephew present and was privileged to have people from every camp in attendance. There were even people who had been students at the same Edward Kelley school in Sacramento that Kiyo attended.
Kiyo was accompanied and assisted by her original publisher, Barry Schoenborn (though Dandelion Through the Crack is now republished as Kiyo's Story by Soho Press).
We are privileged to present an mp3 recording of Kiyo's entire presentation. Left-click the link to listen now; to download the file for later listening, right-click and select "Save Target As..." (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As..." (Firefox).
Here are a few photos from the event:
Kiyo's Story book sales table
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Kiyo embracing a friend
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Kiyo giving her presentation
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Kiyo speaking
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A full house
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Kiyo and a map of the internment camps
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Kiyo and Dana Vinke, Reference Services Supervisor, Torrance Public Library
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Kiyo beside poster for Kiyo's Story
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