This Is My Own: Letters to Wes and Other Writings on Japanese Canadians, 19411948 is a collection of letters written by Muriel Kitagawa during this period, as well as statements, essays and manuscripts which arose from Kitagawa’s commitment to write about the injustices of the government’s policies and to educate the Canadian public on the history and perceptions of Japanese Canadians.
Letters written during the uprooting and forced relocation of the Japanese-Canadian community in late 1941.
"This collection is skillfully woven together."
- Amerasia Review
"The publication of This Is My Own means that [Kitagawa's] passionate loyalty, her rage, haven't been left to moulder in the grave. What a relief that is. What a cause for celebration."
- Joy Kogawa