Tracy Slater
@tracyslater.bsky.social
Nonfiction writer; B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick; New book: Together in Manzanar: The True story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp; Work in NYT, WashPo, WSJ + more; www.tracyslater.com
Huge thanks to @jwaonline.bsky.social for including Together in Manzanar on this list💙💜 jwa.org/programs/boo...? #booksky 🗃️ #writingcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Huge thanks to @jwaonline.bsky.social for including Together in Manzanar on this list💙💜 jwa.org/programs/boo...? #booksky 🗃️ #writingcommunity
One of my favorite podcasts turns...500!! Way to go, @brendanomeara.bsky.social. Listen in @ brendanomeara.com/episode-500-... #writingcommunity 📚💙
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One of my favorite podcasts turns...500!! Way to go, @brendanomeara.bsky.social. Listen in @ brendanomeara.com/episode-500-... #writingcommunity 📚💙
For more about Manzanar, see @denshoproject.bsky.social's encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar/
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For more about Manzanar, see @denshoproject.bsky.social's encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar/
From @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social's Paper Brigade Journal, Volume 9, "Dangerous Euphemisms," on the euphemisms that have shaped and distorted the memory of America’s WWII, homeland concentration camps. Read more & order the full volume www.jewishbookcouncil.org/.../paper-br... 🗃️
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
From @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social's Paper Brigade Journal, Volume 9, "Dangerous Euphemisms," on the euphemisms that have shaped and distorted the memory of America’s WWII, homeland concentration camps. Read more & order the full volume www.jewishbookcouncil.org/.../paper-br... 🗃️
Podcast swag💜. Thanks to Kate Carpenter of @draftingthepast.bsky.social for sending such fun swag after I got the great luck of being on her show. And for narrative history writers interested in pitching her, she just posted new guidelines & advice @ draftingthepast.com/blog/how-to-... 📚💙 🗃️
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Podcast swag💜. Thanks to Kate Carpenter of @draftingthepast.bsky.social for sending such fun swag after I got the great luck of being on her show. And for narrative history writers interested in pitching her, she just posted new guidelines & advice @ draftingthepast.com/blog/how-to-... 📚💙 🗃️
Last-minute reminder for the #Toronto #book launch of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp. A few spots remaining! 7-9pm, 750 Spadina Avenue. & don't forget: There will be kosher sushi... Registration @ app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 📚💙 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Last-minute reminder for the #Toronto #book launch of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp. A few spots remaining! 7-9pm, 750 Spadina Avenue. & don't forget: There will be kosher sushi... Registration @ app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 📚💙 🗃️
Audiobook version launches today! If you can’t make it to our Toronto event this week (or even if you can), you can get a free copy of the audio version w/a trial subscription @ sites like Audible, B&N, etc, linked from main @tantoraudio.bsky.social site @ rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97.... 📚💙 🗃️
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Audiobook version launches today! If you can’t make it to our Toronto event this week (or even if you can), you can get a free copy of the audio version w/a trial subscription @ sites like Audible, B&N, etc, linked from main @tantoraudio.bsky.social site @ rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97.... 📚💙 🗃️
A book launch; a discussion of histories spanning multiple cultures, continents, and generations; and kosher sushi. What's not to love? Wed., Nov 12, 7-9pm, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue in downtown #Toronto. Pre-registration @ app.amilia.com/store/en/mil.... #booksky 🗃️
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A book launch; a discussion of histories spanning multiple cultures, continents, and generations; and kosher sushi. What's not to love? Wed., Nov 12, 7-9pm, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue in downtown #Toronto. Pre-registration @ app.amilia.com/store/en/mil.... #booksky 🗃️
In my next life, I want to come back as @lisaborders.bsky.social so I can dress up for my book launches like she does for hers. See the list of all events for her new book Last Night at the Disco @ www.lisaborders.com/events/ ! #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In my next life, I want to come back as @lisaborders.bsky.social so I can dress up for my book launches like she does for hers. See the list of all events for her new book Last Night at the Disco @ www.lisaborders.com/events/ ! #booksky
#Toronto #book launch! Co-sponsored by the Miles Nadal JCC, Toronto Holocaust Museum, and the org Jewish&. Wed., November 12, 7-9pm. And yes, there will be KOSHER SUSHI! (I promise.) 💙📚 🗃️ Pre-registration requested: app.amilia.com/store/en/mil...
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#Toronto #book launch! Co-sponsored by the Miles Nadal JCC, Toronto Holocaust Museum, and the org Jewish&. Wed., November 12, 7-9pm. And yes, there will be KOSHER SUSHI! (I promise.) 💙📚 🗃️ Pre-registration requested: app.amilia.com/store/en/mil...
Online, free & open to the public. Pre-registration requested @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-...
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Online, free & open to the public. Pre-registration requested @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-...
Photos sent by a reader of Together in Manzanar, a lifelong friend of the Yonedas. She wrote me: "We shared many things ...[but] after reading your book, I am so sorry we never talked about that dark time during the war...I thank you for waking me up to an important part of American history" 🗃️ 📚💙
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Photos sent by a reader of Together in Manzanar, a lifelong friend of the Yonedas. She wrote me: "We shared many things ...[but] after reading your book, I am so sorry we never talked about that dark time during the war...I thank you for waking me up to an important part of American history" 🗃️ 📚💙
Next event on 10/20, exploring the story of the only Japanese Jewish family on record in any of the US WWII homeland concentration camps. Free, online, & open to all. Register @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-... 💙📚 🗃️
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Next event on 10/20, exploring the story of the only Japanese Jewish family on record in any of the US WWII homeland concentration camps. Free, online, & open to all. Register @ morristownjewishcenter.shulcloud.com/event/adult-... 💙📚 🗃️
Watch @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcMI... 🗃️ #booksky
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Watch @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcMI... 🗃️ #booksky
Readers. Making the world seem hopeful again. 📚💙 (And thx to @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for the newsletter shoutout!)
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Readers. Making the world seem hopeful again. 📚💙 (And thx to @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for the newsletter shoutout!)
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
Just found my first book listed in the #anthropic settlement and filed my claim. Anyone else with me? Sending thanks to @authorsguild.org for their thorough explanation of how to do this! All authors can access the info here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just found my first book listed in the #anthropic settlement and filed my claim. Anyone else with me? Sending thanks to @authorsguild.org for their thorough explanation of how to do this! All authors can access the info here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
Listen @ jwa.org/podcasts/can... 🗃️ #booksky
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Listen @ jwa.org/podcasts/can... 🗃️ #booksky
#Toronto peeps! Please feel free to join us at the Toronto launch of the book💜. November 12, 7-9pm ET. More info @ signup here! app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 🗃️ 📚💙
October 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Toronto peeps! Please feel free to join us at the Toronto launch of the book💜. November 12, 7-9pm ET. More info @ signup here! app.amilia.com/store/en/mil... 🗃️ 📚💙
Fantastic news #writingcommunity! A favorite podcast, @draftingthepast.bsky.social, is back & this first episode of the season is fantastic: magical, fascinating, & such an inspiring look at crafting gripping historical narrative for different audiences. 🎉 🗃️ draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fantastic news #writingcommunity! A favorite podcast, @draftingthepast.bsky.social, is back & this first episode of the season is fantastic: magical, fascinating, & such an inspiring look at crafting gripping historical narrative for different audiences. 🎉 🗃️ draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Still time to sign up! A warm welcome to join us tonight in the US, tomorrow morning in Japan, for a free virtual book talk & Q&A: jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listi... 📚💙 🗃️
September 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Still time to sign up! A warm welcome to join us tonight in the US, tomorrow morning in Japan, for a free virtual book talk & Q&A: jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listi... 📚💙 🗃️
Delighted to share this video for anyone who missed the talk on Sept 15! 🗃️ 📚💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjj...
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to share this video for anyone who missed the talk on Sept 15! 🗃️ 📚💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjj...
🗃️ This Week in History: opposition grows to appointment of Colonel Karl R Bendetsen to the post of assistant secretary of the U.S. Army, given his central role in America's WWII forced removals & mass, race-based incarcerations. Video referenced at left below @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4hr...
September 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🗃️ This Week in History: opposition grows to appointment of Colonel Karl R Bendetsen to the post of assistant secretary of the U.S. Army, given his central role in America's WWII forced removals & mass, race-based incarcerations. Video referenced at left below @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4hr...
New England's only bilingual Chinese-English newspaper covers Together in Manzanar, highlighting the important parallels between today and the history the book uncovers: "What [this text proves] is that we remain woefully underinformed about this part of our history." 🗃️ 📚💙
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New England's only bilingual Chinese-English newspaper covers Together in Manzanar, highlighting the important parallels between today and the history the book uncovers: "What [this text proves] is that we remain woefully underinformed about this part of our history." 🗃️ 📚💙
Deeply special to do an event bringing together these organizations. Please join us online as we discuss how one family's mixed heritages & passion for social justice greatly impacted their incarceration in an American concentration camp during WWII. jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listi... 📚💙 🗃️
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Deeply special to do an event bringing together these organizations. Please join us online as we discuss how one family's mixed heritages & passion for social justice greatly impacted their incarceration in an American concentration camp during WWII. jewishcommunitylibrary.org/events-listi... 📚💙 🗃️