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Out of the Dust - New and Selected Poems (Paperback)
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Out of the Dust - New and Selected Poems (Paperback)
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Out of the Dust is a collection of new poems by activist, leader,
poet, and editor Janice Mirikitani. After being named San
Francisco's second Poet Laureate in 2000, this fifth book of poems
from Mirikitani was written in response to the terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001. Drawing from her own background as a Sansei
(third generation) Japanese American, Mirikitani reflects on the
many ways we connect through the dust and our ability to rise and
renew ourselves from this place. From the dust of the World Trade
Center in New York to the retaliatory ashes of the dead in
America's war in Afghanistan, the poems in this volume seek to
explicate the connections of our humanity to the reactionary
profiling of people of Middle Eastern descent and different
ethnicities, comparing these choices to the incarceration of
Japanese Americans during World War II. Mirikitani's poems cover
topics about rape, incest, the continued struggle for justice and
economic equality, and the poet's experiences throughout her
50-year career at Glide Foundation and Church in San Francisco,
where she has helped to create groundbreaking programs for the
poor, women and children, and those who are healing from sexual
assault, violence and abuse. Though constructed from a depth of
experiences with struggle, these poems also erupt in celebration of
marriage, daughters, and the discovery of self through diversity.
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