# Event Details

- **Event Name**: An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Roseburg Public Library invites the community to an Evening with Mitzi Asai Loftus, author of “From Thorns to Blossoms: A Japanese American Family in War and Peace,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3. 

The program, which is free and open to the public, will be in person only at the library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.

Mitsuko “Mitzi” Asai was not yet 10 years old in the spring of 1942 when President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 sent 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry – about two-thirds of them U.S. citizens – from their homes on the West Coast to inland prison camps. They included Mitzi and most of her family, who operated a fruit orchard in Hood River, Ore. 

The Asais spent much of World War II in the camps while two of the older sons served in the Pacific in the U.S. Army. Three years later, when the camps began to close, the family returned to Hood River to find an altered community. Shop owners refused to serve neighbors they had known for decades; racism and hostility were open and largely unchecked. Humiliation and shame drove teenaged Mitzi to reject her Japanese heritage, including her birth name. More than a decade later, her life took another turn when a Fulbright grant sent her to teach in Japan, where she reconnected with her roots.

In “From Thorns to Blossoms” Asai Loftus recounts her rich and varied life, from a childhood surrounded by barbed wire and hatred to a successful career as a high school English teacher and college instructor in English as a Second Language. 

Copies of “From Thorns to Blossoms,” which was published by OSU Press, will be available for $25 with payment by cash or check only. The book also is available for checkout in physical format at the library and as a digital book on Libby.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/roseburg/an-evening-with-author-mitzi-asai-loftus/200030544383047
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Roseburg
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR, United States, Oregon 97470
- **lat**: 43.21284
- **long**: -123.34084
- **full address**: 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR, United States, Oregon 97470

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus being held?
  - **A:** An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus takes place on Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR, United States, Oregon 97470.
- **Q**: Who is organizing An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus?
  - **A:** An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus is organized by Roseburg Public Library.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus 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 Roseburg, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If An Evening with Author Mitzi Asai Loftus sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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