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“Our family seemed to fall apart when my grandmother died. In some strange way, my work as a historian has tried to put it back together by making sense of our lives.”

History professor Sonia C. Gomez reads, “Inheritance,” a short retelling of her grandmother Michiko’s life growing up in Amagasaki City, Japan, and moving to the U.S. after marrying an American GI. The story touches on family, war, race, immigration, and generational legacies.

Her grandmother’s life helped inspire Gomez’ first book, “Picture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in Shaping Japanese America,” which won the 2025 Mary Nickliss Prize for U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History.

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