Awake in the River and Shedding Silence - Mirikitani, Janice
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"Fierce, raw, and unapologetic, Janice Mirikitani's poetry and prose are as vibrant and resonant today as when these two collections were first published in 1978 and 1987. Now back in print in one volume, Awake in the River and Shedding Silence epitomizes Mirikitani's singular voice-one that is brash, sexual, politically outspoken, and unconcerned with pandering to mainstream audiences. An influential artist and activist, Mirikitani has advanced the causes of women of color feminisms, global anti-imperialism, and Afro-Asian solidarity for more than fifty years. Her writings confront sexualized…mehr

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"Fierce, raw, and unapologetic, Janice Mirikitani's poetry and prose are as vibrant and resonant today as when these two collections were first published in 1978 and 1987. Now back in print in one volume, Awake in the River and Shedding Silence epitomizes Mirikitani's singular voice-one that is brash, sexual, politically outspoken, and unconcerned with pandering to mainstream audiences. An influential artist and activist, Mirikitani has advanced the causes of women of color feminisms, global anti-imperialism, and Afro-Asian solidarity for more than fifty years. Her writings confront sexualized violence, anti-Asian racism, the intergenerational trauma of incarceration, the dangers of passivity, and internalized oppression, while also illuminating the power of awakening from silence and fighting for justice. Connecting Japanese American discrimination with broader struggles from the local to the global, Awake in the River and Shedding Silence showcases how the renowned poet found power in speaking out"--
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Award-winning poet, dancer, activist, and educator, Janice Mirikitani was San Francisco's second poet laureate and is the founding president of the Glide Foundation. Her collections of poetry are Awake in the River (1978), Shedding Silence (1987), We, the Dangerous: New and Selected Poems (1995), Love Works (2001), and Out of the Dust: New and Selected Poems (2014). She is also the editor of several anthologies, including Third World Women (1972), Time to Greez! Incantations from the Third World (1975), and Ayumni: A Japanese American Anthology (1980). In 2013, Mirikitani co-authored the book Beyond the Possible: 50 Years of Creating Radical Change in a Community Called Glide with her husband, Reverend Cecil Williams.