Ko'olau Writers Workshop
I will teach the Creative Nonfiction workshop at this annual conference.
Author of Midnight in Broad Daylight
A Japanese American Family caught between two worlds during World War II
I will teach the Creative Nonfiction workshop at this annual conference.
Opening remarks and a conversation with Professor Michael Klein, plus a Q&A. The Fletcher School, Asean Auditorium, Tufts University
A talk cosponsored by the Philadelphia JACL, Seabrook JACL, University of Pennsylvania/Asian American Studies Program and Pan-Asian Community House
Asian America Across The Disciplines Speaker Series, sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program
"Commemorating the Day of Remembrance: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds."
Global Books presents a conversation with Pamela Sakamoto at the Lewis Global Studies Center.
"What does it mean to be American?" A talk about Midnight in Broad Daylight.
Asia Community Scholar Talk: How does a single family reveal the history of Japanese immigration to the United States, the Pacific War, internment, the home fronts in two countries, the atomic bomb, and lasting peace? Those who cross cultures -- no matter how tumultuous the journey -- are those who bridge them.
Talk, Q&A, Signing, Luncheon
Webinar about MIDNIGHT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT placing it in historical context and more
Authors Pavilion Mauka, Honolulu Hale
Alternative Truth Panel, Moderator and Panelist
Norman Worthington Conference Center, Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Washington
I will appear on 3 panels:
"WWII: Japanese-American Internment": Saturday, 3/11/17, 10:00-11:00 AM at the Student Union Gallagher Theater, with Richard Cahan, Richard Reeves, and moderator Susan Quinn.
"Race in America": Sunday, 3/12/17, 10:00-11:00 AM in the Coffer Room 204, with Tim Z. Hernandez, Ibram X. Kendi, Patrick Phillips, and moderator Jim Nintzel.
"WWI: Asking Why, Internment & the Holocaust": Sunday, , 3/12/17, 2:30-3:30 PM in the UA Library - Special Collections, with Peter Hayes, Richard Reeves, and moderator John Kitagawa.
America's Best-Selling Authors: Nicholas Buccola & Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
The second 15-minute portion of the half-hour podcast.
Reading, Q&A, and Signing.
Reading and Signing
Podcast re-airing Pamela's February 2016 interview with journalist Francesca Rheannon
Talk, Q&A, and Signing
Talk at the Annual Luncheon, Honolulu Country Club
Talk and Q&A at Summer Gathering
100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Clubhouse, Kamoku Street, Honolulu
Amherst College online book club with a site that is open to the public. Listen to an interview with fellow alumna and LitWorld founding director Pam Allyn.
"In honor of Memorial Day, some of Press Play's favorite stories of confronting war through art and history."
Madeleine Brand revisits her interview with Pamela about Midnight in Broad Daylight.
Talk and Signing: 1 pm at the Mission Memorial Auditorium
Panel: "Navigating Truth in Fiction and Nonfiction": 4 pm at Authors Makai
Live interview before the Hawaii Book & Musical Festival
Pamela will read on Friday night and lead the narrative nonfiction workshop on Saturday.
Interview on select PBS stations nationwide. View on different dates and times.