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A fire is burning, it is in me : the life and writings of Michiyo Fukaya / edited by Gwendolyn L. Shervington.
Van Pelt Library PS3556.U329 Z67 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fukaya, Michiyo, 1953-1987.
- Fukaya, Michiyo.
- Women poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Women poets, American.
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Japanese American women.
- Biography.
- United States.
- Japanese American women--Biography.
- Lesbians--United States--Biography.
- Lesbians.
- Feminists--United States--Poetry.
- Japanese American women--Poetry.
- Lesbians--United States--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norwich, VT : New Victoria Publishers, [1996]
- Summary:
- Michiyo Fukaya, a Japanese-American lesbian poet and activist, was also a single mother of a mixed-race daughter, living on welfare, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual assault, and a woman of color in an all white environment. This collection portrays her life and that of a concerned lesbian community which was deeply affected by her presence.
- Notes:
- Includes works by M. Fukaya and commentaries by G.L. Shervington and others.
- ISBN:
- 0934678782
- OCLC:
- 34742282
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