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\n Autobiographical short story by\n \n Hiroshi Kashiwagi\n \n that traces his life from his childhood on farms in the Loomis, California, area, his family's forced removal and incarceration at the\n \n Marysville Assembly Center\n \n (which Kashiwagi refers to as \"Arboga,\" an alternative name) and\n \n Tule Lake\n \n , and his decision to answer \"no-no\" to the\n \n loyalty questionnaire\n \n both out of anger and protest and in alignment with the rest of his family. While describing the difficult conditions of concentration camp life, the narrator—who was two years out of high school at the time—takes his first tentative steps in the world of theater and literature while in camp. His father's absence from the family from prior to the war due to tuberculosis looms large. Written from the perspective of an old man looking back at his youth, the story ends with the lifelong ramifications of his wartime incarceration and his\n \n \"no-no boy\"\n \n status.\n

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\n The story is the first piece in the 2013 collection\n \n Starting from Loomis and Other Stories\n \n , published by the University of Colorado Press.\n

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\n Might also like \"\n \n Rosebud\n \n \" by Wakako Yamauchi;\n \n \n Fox Drum Bebop\n \n \n by Gene Oishi; \"\n \n Reunion\n \n \" by Hisaye Yamamoto\n

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\n Kashiwagi, Hiroshi. \"Starting from Loomis.\" In\n \n Starting from Loomis and Other Stories\n \n . Edited and with an introduction by Tim Yamamura. Afterword by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 2013. 9–24.\n

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