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Even though I am from Kansas, I enjoy venturing into other worlds from around the globe which is why my writing focuses on diversity. With fluid accessibility to modern media and traveling opportunities, my Midwestern world can expand and explore beyond my own backyard. In addition to studying cultures, I take pleasure in studying history. Submitting to a moment in time allows us to remember, or to muse even, over our society’s past. Although writing can educate as well as entertain, yet what makes art incredibly amazing, to that of paintings, photographs, and music, it transposes emotion into another form of humanity, and therefore, it is our humanity which keeps all of us striving for an improved future.


It has been seven decades since the attack of Pearl Harbor, now leaving behind faded, fallen ashes. In America’s more recent history the ashes of the Twin Towers replaced those memories, and replaced how we define ourselves as a country. Understandably so. Looking behind us we do still see those who have survived the 20th Century and continue to survive well into the 21st. Who exactly am I refe... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on January 19, 2012 06:26 • 108 views • Tags: eyes-behind-belligerence, internment-camps, japanese-american, wwii
Average rating: 4.10 · 21 ratings · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Eyes Behind Belligerence
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions

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Camp Sunshine
by Ruth Francisco (Goodreads Author)
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read in May, 2013

K.P. Kollenborn K.P. Kollenborn said: "I greatly enjoy books that have multi-characters in which they become the driving force of story telling. This novel is so rich with dialogue that one cannot help but hear these distinctive voices in one’s head. It nearly echoes, in fact. And by divi...more "

 

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Camp Sunshine by Ruth Francisco
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Camp Sunshine by Ruth Francisco
Camp Sunshine
by Ruth Francisco (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
I greatly enjoy books that have multi-characters in which they become the driving force of story telling. This novel is so rich with dialogue that one cannot help but hear these distinctive voices in one’s head. It nearly echoes, in fact. And by divi...more
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A Few Men Faithful by Jim Wills
A Few Men Faithful
by Jim Wills (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
I found this book from a historical fiction group and was intrigued by the premise of the story. It is a treat when one reads a novel that is both saturated with history and the art of story telling. The language is tight. The dialect is so rich that...more
The Beautiful American by Marilyn Holdsworth
The Beautiful American
by Marilyn Holdsworth (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2013
Two stories are delightfully intertwined. One set in today's time in New England; the other in late 18th Century America and France. Beginning with an antique dealer, Abby, who purchases a desk at an auction and then meets an architect, Nathan, a rom...more
"It's a numbers game. First, once I had at least 8 reviews on my Amazon site, more reviewers agreed. It's a numbers game. Out of 8 who agreed, I'll get...more "
Intimate Terrorist by Susan Grace Napier
Intimate Terrorist
by Susan Grace Napier
read in August, 2012
The strength of the book derives from the author's personal experiences. Although in a fiction format, the realistic drama that develops about a wife, a mother, and a fighter reveals the physiological collision of domestic abuse. The book challenges...more
Eyes Behind Belligerence by K.P. Kollenborn
" Eyes Behind Belligerence, by K.P. Kollenborn is a rich and fascinating fictional account of the experience of Japanese Americans in the internment camps during World War Two.
Kollenborn follows two main characters and their families throughout the... " Read more of this review »
Eyes Behind Belligerence by K.P. Kollenborn
" A Story of Betrayal and Hope

This story tells the drama of American-Japanese citizens interned in a concentration camp during WWII for the only reason that they were of Japanese descent.

"Even God took the seventh day off at least once!" is a quote... " Read more of this review »
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“Submitting to history allows us to remember our society’s past. Although writing and art express history, it's our humanity which keeps all of us striving for an improved future.”
K.P. Kollenborn

“Submitting to history allows us to remember our society’s past. Although writing and art express history, it's our humanity which keeps all of us striving for an improved future.”
K.P. Kollenborn

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
Mark Twain

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
Mark Twain

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