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Dr. Saporiti's talk and performance took place in UM Libraries Kislak Center special collections reading room, a wonderful and appropriate space for the event, given the archival research that went in to the songs, and given UM Libraries ongoing work to bring people in to special collections.
November 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Saporiti's talk and performance took place in UM Libraries Kislak Center special collections reading room, a wonderful and appropriate space for the event, given the archival research that went in to the songs, and given UM Libraries ongoing work to bring people in to special collections.
Dr. Saporiti was invited as part of our creative writing MFA program's "Beyond the Book" series. Public humanities work takes many forms! Check out "The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming," his song about a big band formed by Japanese Americans held in a WW2 incarceration camp in Heart Mountain, WY.
No-No Boy - "The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways
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November 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Saporiti was invited as part of our creative writing MFA program's "Beyond the Book" series. Public humanities work takes many forms! Check out "The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming," his song about a big band formed by Japanese Americans held in a WW2 incarceration camp in Heart Mountain, WY.