# WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration with Bruce Rutledge Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-with-bruce-rutledge Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-with-bruce-rutledge.md Podcast: [New Books in American Studies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748) Published: 2026-08-19T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9996885889.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9996885889.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748/episodes/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-with-bruce-rutledge Duration seconds: 2072 ## Resource John talks to Bruce Rutledge, founder of Chin Music Press, about running an independent Asia-focused press, the origins of the company in Tokyo, and the move to Seattle, where Chin Music now has a bookstore in Pike Place Market. They talk about Chin Music’s highly successful graphic novel trilogy on the Japanese American incarceration experience during World War II. The wide-ranging conversation is an honest celebration of the challenges and pleasures of independent publishing. Chin Music Press books mentioned in the episode include: Their very first book, an anthology called Kuhaku, published in 2005. Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman by Sumie Kawakami (2007/2010) Japan’s Urushi Craftsmen: Can Old World Artistry Survive in the 21st Century by Bruce Rutledge (2020) When the Waves Came by Michael Larson (2020) WE HEREBY REFUSE : Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by authors Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura and illustrators Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki (2021). Fighting for America: Nisei Soldiers by Lawrence Matsuda (Author) and Matt Sasaki (Artist) Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War by Ken Mochizuki (Author) and Kiku Hughes (Illustrator) Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Experience by Kelly Goto (Author) and Sam Goto (Drawings) The Books on Asia Podcast is co-produced with Plum Rain Press. Subscribe to the BOA podcast from your favorite podcast service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748/episodes/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-with-bruce-rutledge/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-american-studies-1045748/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-with-bruce-rutledge.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.