(W) Steven Scott & Various (A) Harmony Becker
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing-one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei. Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame asv an actor and the terrible fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes with Takei offers a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces,
(W) George Takei & Various (A/CA) Harmony Becker
Advance solicited for July release! George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's-and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon-and America itself-in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
(W) George Takei & Various (A/CA) Harmony Becker
The New York Times Bestseller, now in Spanish! En estas impactantes memorias en formato de novela gr?fica, el actor/autor/activista George Takei rememora sucesos imborrables de su infancia en los campos de concentraci?n en Am?rica. En 1942, bajo ?rdenes del presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt, cada persona de ascendencia japonesa en la costa oeste fue capturada y enviada a uno de diez 'centros de reubicaci?n', a cientos o miles de millas de sus hogares, donde permanecer?an durante a?os bajo vigilancia armada. Nos llamaron Enemigo es la historia en primera persona de Takei sobre esos a?os detr?s de una alambrada de p?as. ?Qu? significa ser americano? ?Qui?n puede determinarlo? Cuando el mundo est? en tu contra, ?qu? puede hacer un solo individuo? Para contestar a estas preguntas, George Takei se une a los escritores Justin Eisinger y Steven Scott y a la artista Harmony Becker en el recorrido de toda una vida.