Say No to Manzanar's Loud and Often by Jennifer Emiko Kuida

• "...a haunting view of Los Angeles in a World War III atmosphere that brings back horrific images of WWII....a dynamic critique of present-day L.A.. This novel will make you think and it will make you appreciate life and the power of words".

                       Pete Lee

                       Giant Robot magazine

• "A grim, brooding and gritty story that veers from historic realism to action thriller, and from slapstick surrealism to dreamy spirituality, with considerable humor...and the novel pulls no punches in depicting the hard life of camp and what it can make people do to one another .  At times grimy and realistic, at others lyrical and surreal.  Manzanar also features tribute to Miyake's hometown and family.  There is a strong sense of place and wealth of detail."

                       David Loftus

                       International Examiner / Pacific Reader

• "...a compelling, dystopian vision of the 21st century.  Savagely ironic, rich in affectionate familiarity with multiracial Los Angeles, Miyake's work is a telling admonition to us all in this post-911 historical moment."

                       Professor Dorinne Kondo

                       Director of Asian American Studies, 

                       University of Southern California and author of 

                       About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater(Routledge)

• "Read this book.  Read it now, while you can still laugh, while it's still satire, and you can appreciate its wisdom.  Do it now, before it's too late and the laughter at the skewed, fictional vision of an America turned into a passive terrorist nation becomes a prophecy fulfilled.  You still have time to change our rush toward chaos.  Better the horror of an America run amok in a book, where it's funny, than in life, in the streets, in the real country."

                       Frank Chin -  Author of the first Asian American play produced on an 

                       New York  stage, Chickencoop Chinaman Rides Again  

                       and Year of  the Dragon and the novels Donald Duk and Gunga Din

                       Highway

• "Bravo! It's a wonderful book!  The language is easy; it moves quickly and pulls you in.  I feel (the) love of Venice and the landmarks so lovingly remembered, (the) love for all of us and our hapa culture, and (the) deep love of the land: the dust, the heat, the sunsets.   It's a brisk and fascinating novel...21st Century Manzanar is a must read."

                       Wakako Yamauchi

                       Author of the plays And the Soul Shall Dance and The Music Lessons

                       and the anthology Songs My Mother Taught Me.