Tamiko Nimura

Tamiko Nimura is an Asian American creative nonfiction writer and public historian living in Tacoma, Washington. She writes from an interdisciplinary space at the intersection of her love of literature, grounding in American ethnic studies, inherited wisdom from teachers and activists, and storytelling through history. Her work has appeared in a variety of national and international outlets, including San Francisco Chronicle, Smithsonian Magazine, Off Assignment, Narratively, The Rumpus, Discover Nikkei, and Seattle’s International Examiner. Her memoir, A Place For What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake is forthcoming from University of Washington Press.