Originally published in 1932, Kathleen Tamagawa's pioneering Asian American memoir is a sensitive and thoughtful look at the personal and social complexities of growing up racially mixed during the early twentieth century. Born in 1893 to an Irish American mother and a Japanese father and raised in Chicago and Japan, Tamagawa reflects on the difficulty she experienced fitting into either parent's native culture.

Holy prayers in a horse's ear
A fit in Japan

Greg Robinson is an associate professor of history at l'Université du Québec à Montréal.

Elena Tajima Creef is a professor of women's studies at Wellesley College.