This guide was originally created in conjunction with King County's Big Reads title for winter 2020. It now stands as a reference resource for anyone interested in the book and Japanese internment.
Hashimoto, Sharon. "When the Emperor was Divine." International Examiner, Oct, 2002, pp. 13. ProQuest,bow.highline.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/367744315?accountid=1327
Upchurch, Michael. "The Last Roundup: A Novel about a Japanese-American Family Sent to a Relocation Camp during World War II." New York Times Book Review, Sep 22, 2002, pp. 14-7.14. ProQuest, bow.highline.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.bow.highline.edu/docview/217300258?accountid=1327.
Yoon, Cindy. 'When the Emperor was Divine'... and When Japanese Americans Were Rounded Up [Interview with Julie Otsuka]." Asia Society, asiasociety.org/arts/literature/when-emperor-was-divine-and-when-japanese-americans-were-rounded.
Park, Josephine. "ALIEN ENEMIES IN JULIE OTSUKA'S WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE." Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 59, no. 1, 2013, pp. 135-I. ProQuest, bow.highline.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.bow.highline.edu/docview/1349949580?accountid=1327.
