First Advisor

Gabriel Urza

Term of Graduation

Spring 2025

Date of Publication

7-18-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Asian American, Collection, Creative Writing, Japanese American, Poems, Poetry

Physical Description

1 online resource (iv, 108 pages)

Abstract

I, as in We is a hybrid collection of poems, essays, fictional letters, documents, and photographs through which the author revisits ancestors and explores their multiracial roots. Drawing on stories, interviews and research grounded in the Japanese American experience, the collection develops a call-and-response polyvocality that spans generations and geographies. In its use of white space, form experimentation, and tonal shifts, the work confronts the fluid, often ambiguous boundaries that shape identity. The compiled written and visual materials evolve into an original document--one that reaches toward heritage, belonging, and truth.

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44019

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