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    Janice Mirikitani (February 5, 1941 – July 29, 2021) was an American poet and activist who resided in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her adult...
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  • Mirikitani is a Japanese surname. It may refer to: The Cats of Mirikitani, a 2006 documentary film Jimmy Mirikitani, a New York artist Janice Mirikitani...
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    player Janice Miller, American singer Janice Min (born 1969), American editor and writer Janice Mirikitani (1941–2021), American poet and activist Janice Monk...
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    two children: a son, Albert, and a daughter, Kim. He was married to Janice Mirikitani, a poet, from 1983 until her death in 2021. Williams died on April...
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    Co-Executive Directors of Glide, replacing Executive Director Janice Mirikitani. Mirikitani, Williams' wife, continued in her role as Founding President...
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  • The Cats of Mirikitani is a 2006 documentary film. In 2001, Japanese American painter Jimmy Mirikitani (born Tsutomu Mirikitani), over 80 years old, was...
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    Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was selected in 1998. He was followed by Janice Mirikitani, Devorah Major, Jack Hirschman, Diane di Prima, Alejandro Murguía...
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    Asian American cultural arts movement, many artists such as poet Janice Mirikitani rose to fame within the Asian American community. Though recent decades...
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  • Leake (born 1992), spoken word poet, winner of America's Got Talent Janice Mirikitani (1941–2021), Sansei poet, activist Howard Pease (1894-1974), writer...
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  • politician, United States Senator from Michigan (1979–2015) (b. 1934) Janice Mirikitani, 80, poet and political activist (b. 1941) Lin-J Shell, 39, football...
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    McGraw-Hill, 1973). Time To Greez! Incantations From the Third World, eds. Janice Mirikitani, et al. (San Francisco: Glide Pubs., 1975). American Born and Foreign:...
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  • (Yonsei) Katie Kitamura (1979–), novelist, journalist, and art critic. Janice Mirikitani (1941–2021), former poet laureate for San Francisco David Mura (1952–)...
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  • American underwater diver. Min Yu Wai, 92, Burmese writer, COVID-19. Janice Mirikitani, 80, American poet and political activist. Renata Müller, 84, Spanish...
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    Award in 1997. Poet laureate of San Francisco (from 2000 to 2002) Janice Mirikitani published three volumes of poems. Lawson Fusao Inada was named poet...
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  • States President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Hanrahan Key people Jay Williams Rita Shimmin Cecil Williams Janice Mirikitani Website www.glide.org...
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  • University William Marr (馬為義, 非馬) – engineer, poet, translator, and artist Janice Mirikitani – former poet laureate for San Francisco Kenn Navarro – animator of...
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    Marty McFly's future boss in Back to the Future Part II in 1989 Janice Mirikitani (1941–2021), poet laureate of San Francisco; co-founded with her husband...
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  • novel set at San Francisco State University Alyce Miller – writer Janice Mirikitani – poet and activist Cherríe Moraga – writer and activist Anne Rice...
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    Aloft. Such poets as Marilyn Chin and Li-Young Lee, Kimiko Hahn and Janice Mirikitani have also achieved prominence, as has playwright David Henry Hwang...
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  • Occasion of Guy Johnson's 50th Birthday (Maya Angelou, Guy Johnson, Janice Mirikitani, 1996) "Roberts, Michael. "Music by the Book". Denver Westword. October...
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    Gish Jen Maxine Hong Kingston Jhumpa Lahiri Don Lee Chang-Rae Lee Janice Mirikitani Toshio Mori (1910-1980) Bharati Mukherjee Celeste Ng Viet Thanh Nguyen...
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    scholar Russell Leong, playwright and author Jessica Hagedorn, author Janice Mirikitani, poet and historian Al Robles, and actor and filmmaker Lane Nishikawa...
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  • Jennie Lechtenberg, SNJM, Executive Director, PUENTE Learning Center Janice Mirikitani, author and partner of Glide Memorial Church Lifetime Achievement...
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    (2017-2019) Andru Defeye (2020-2022) Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1998-2000) Janice Mirikitani (2000-2002) Devorah Major (2002-2004) Jack Hirschman (2006-2008) Diane...
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  • Winston and Mary Tong, Mark Izu and Ray Robles, poetry readings by Janice Mirikitani, Jessica Hagedorn, and Al Robles, and numerous others. In 1985, he...
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    poets Sonia Sanchez, Jayne Cortez, San Francisco Poet Laureates Janice Mirikitani and devorah major. Brown has presented scholarly papers, guest lectures...
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  • ... but urged them to take it to Glide." In Beyond the Possible, Janice Mirikitani confirmed that Sutton had sent the youth who started Vanguard at Glide...
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  • Alexander Kuo, Stephen S. N. Liu, Pardee Lowe, Wing Tek Lum, Suzi Mee, Janice Mirikitani, Toshio Mori, Paul Motoyoshi, Jr., Francis Naohiko Oka, John Okada...
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  • for best work in the English language internationally. February — Janice Mirikitani succeeds Lawrence Ferlinghetti as San Francisco's Poet Laureate April...
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    December 9, 1998 Why is Preparing Fish a Political Act? Poetry of Janice Mirikitani, 1990, director and editor. Selected for the National Asian Pacific...
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