Portland Opera Makes the Forgotten Resistance of Shizue Iwatsuki Come Alive
Briefly

"I want to say that's the basis of every woman's story in history," says Dmae Lo Roberts, the playwright and journalist commissioned to write the libretto for..."
"Although her poetry does appear at the Japanese American Historical Plaza, Iwatsuki's name isn't well-known beyond scholars of her work."
"In 2022, the organization introduced Our Oregon: a series of commissioned operas aimed at young audiences that tell the stories of important Oregonians from historically marginalized communities."
Read at Portland Mercury
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