# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Event with Tamiko Nimura
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Author and public historian, Tamiko Nimura will be at Edmonds Bookshop on Thursday, August 20th at 6:00 pm, discussing her new memoir A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return To Tule Lake, published by the University of Washington Press.  

“In a moving conversation with the past, Tamiko Nimura explores her late father’s life and her family’s wartime history at Tule Lake…Part memoir, part dialogue with the past, A Place for What We Lose illuminates the enduring costs of incarceration while honoring the persistence of family, memory, and story. It is a profoundly moving exploration of grief, history, and the fragile but necessary work of resilience.” (Publisher’s description) 

Tamiko Nimura, Ph.D., is an award-winning Asian American (Sansei/Pinay) creative nonfiction writer, community journalist, and public historian. 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 commissioned work includes a California permanent exhibit, a co-authored graphic novel titled “We Hereby Refuse,” and a 10+-year series of essays for the Japanese American National Museum. She is a board member of the Tule Lake Committee.  As the direct descendant of Japanese American World War II incarcerees, Tamiko has worked to keep this history alive through her writing and public speaking.   

More about the author and her work can be found on her website: https://www.tamikonimura.net/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edmonds/author-event-with-tamiko-nimura/200030573842300
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, public-speaking, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Edmonds
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 111 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, United States, Washington 98020
- **lat**: 47.81007
- **long**: -122.37739
- **full address**: 111 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, United States, Washington 98020

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Author Event with Tamiko Nimura being held?
  - **A:** Author Event with Tamiko Nimura takes place on Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 111 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, United States, Washington 98020.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Author Event with Tamiko Nimura?
  - **A:** Author Event with Tamiko Nimura is organized by Edmonds Bookshop.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Author Event with Tamiko Nimura is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edmonds, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Author Event with Tamiko Nimura sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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