George Takei memoir anchors West Coast libraries’ largest shared reading on Japanese American incarceration

A first-of-its-kind regional initiative gives readers simultaneous access to Takei’s memoir across California, Oregon and Washington.

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More than 190 library systems across California, Oregon and Washington have joined “One Book, One Coast,” a regional reading program built around George Takei’s graphic memoir “They Called Us Enemy.” Physical copies began circulating March 1, and participating systems started offering unlimited digital acc…