"There are only a few stories that I've ever wanted to tell…I wanted to record our lives so they wouldn't be lost. I didn't realize what a responsibility that was. I only wanted to put down a few footprints of our sojourn here, at this time, in this place."
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On what her writing focus was (as quoted in “Wakako Yamauchi, celebrated Japanese American playwright, dies at 93” in SF Gate (2018 Sep 12)
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Wakako Yamauchi
Wakako Yamauchi (October 24, 1924 – August 16, 2018) was a Japanese American writer.
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