Letters to Memory
E820866
Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Letters to Memory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters to Memory Context triple: [Karen Tei Yamashita, notableWork, Letters to Memory]
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A.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Le ricordanze
Le ricordanze is a lyric poem by Italian Romantic poet Giacomo Leopardi that reflects on memory, lost youth, and the melancholy passage of time.
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C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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D.
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
"One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This" is a 2006 comeback studio album by the influential proto-punk band New York Dolls, marking their first release of new material in over three decades.
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E.
Memories and Solitude
"Memories and Solitude" is the English title of a French-language work, likely a reflective or introspective literary piece centered on themes of remembrance and isolation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters to Memory Target entity description: Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
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A.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Le ricordanze
Le ricordanze is a lyric poem by Italian Romantic poet Giacomo Leopardi that reflects on memory, lost youth, and the melancholy passage of time.
-
C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
-
D.
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
"One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This" is a 2006 comeback studio album by the influential proto-punk band New York Dolls, marking their first release of new material in over three decades.
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E.
Memories and Solitude
"Memories and Solitude" is the English title of a French-language work, likely a reflective or introspective literary piece centered on themes of remembrance and isolation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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epistolary work ⓘ |
| author | Karen Tei Yamashita ⓘ |
| basedOn |
family archives
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historical documents ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresTheme |
archival research
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citizenship ⓘ civil liberties ⓘ family trauma ⓘ race ⓘ war and memory ⓘ |
| focusesOnEthnicGroup | Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| genre |
historical nonfiction
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memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBackground | Japanese American experience ⓘ |
| hasForm |
essayistic
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experimental nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasNonfictionType | literary nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Japanese American ⓘ |
| hasStructure | epistolary essays ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers of Asian American literature ⓘ readers of historical nonfiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Japanese American history
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Japanese American incarceration ⓘ World War II ⓘ archives ⓘ family history ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | letters ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher | Coffee House Press ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
Japanese American internment
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mass incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Letters to Memory Description of subject: Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
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