The Hawk's Well: a collection of Japanese American art and literature, volume one

by Hiura, editor, Tom Kamifuji, Sharyn Nagako Yoshida, Richard and Mark Hamasaki, Shioh Kato, Yoshiko Uchida, Janice Mirikitani et al.

San Jose: Asian American Art Projects, 1986. Paperback. 200p., wraps, introduction, photos, art, calligraphy, stories, poetry, small stain on front wrap, else very good condition. Graphics by Tom Kamifuji, Sharyn Nagako Yoshida, Richard and Mark Hamasake and Shioh Kato, a short story by Yoshiko Uchida, and poetry by Janice Mirikitani, James Maso Mitsui, Jerrold Asao Hiura, and Zukin Hirasu.

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[Program]: The Open Boat: Poems From Asian America

by DIVAKARUNI, Chitra, Vince Gotera, Garrett Hongo, Maxine Hong Kingston, Janice Mirikitani, Jeff Tagami, Nellie Wong, and David Woo

New York: The Academy of American Poets, [no date]. Unbound. Fine. Program. Sign sheet folded once to form four pages. Fine. Program for The Academy of American Poets poetry readings by Chitra Divakaruni, Vince Gotera, Garrett Hongo, Maxine Hong Kingston, Janice Mirikitani, Jeff Tagami, Nellie Wong, and David Woo.

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Beyond the Possible; 50 Years of Creating Radical change at a Community Called Glide

by Williams, Cecil and Janice Mirikitani

San Francisco: HarperOne, 2013. 1st Edition. xvii, 313 [3]p., colored and b/w illus., dj.

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We, the dangerous; new and selected poems

by Mirikitani, Janice

Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1995. 164p., first printing, very good paperback.

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Shedding silence

by Mirikitani, Janice

Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1987. Paperback. 166p., first wraps edition, light handling wear, front wrap lightly soiled, else very good condition; inscribed and signed by the Japanese American poet.

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Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (1999 and 2000)

by Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Program

Boston: Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Program, 2000. Pamphlet. Two unpaginated, ribbon-bound pamphlets produced in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Covers of both are slightly bent and worn, extensive water damage on 1999 pamphlet. A collection of emails, poetry, and writing reprinted from authors including Lawson Fusao Inada, Janice Mirikitani, and Nellie Wong among others.

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With Silk Wings; Asian American women at work

by Kim, Elaine H., with Janice Otani

n.p.: Asian Women United of California, 1983. Paperback. vii, 138p. paperback, 9.5x8.25. Wraps lightly shelfworn, some light staining to bottom edge, else very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs. Among the women profiled are the community organizer and poet Janice Mirikitani, and the graphic artist and activist Nancy Hom.

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Out of the Dust; New and Selected Poems

by Mirikitani, Janice

Honolulu / Los Angeles: University of Hawai'i Press / UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2014. Hardcover. x, 195p., first edition with reprinted theme-material, illustrated with dust-jacket photo of author as a child & a color contemporary author-portrait; expect word-pictures of male violence against women along with American violence against other cultures. Hardbound in 9x6 inch black cloth boards lettered silver-foil and enclosed in the photographic dust jacket, an as-new copy: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked.

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Art/Women/California 1950-2000; Parallels and Intersections

by Fuller, Diana Burgess & Daniela Salvioni

Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Red cloth boards, black and red illustrated dust jacket, xvii, 386 pp, richly illustrated in color and bw. Published in association with the San Jose Museum of Art. Contents include: Preface --; Foreword /; Susan Landauer --; Introduction : art in context /; Daniela Salvioni --; I dream I'm the death of Orpheus /; Adrienne Rich --; Reflecting on history as histories /; Whitney Chadwick --... Read More

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Love Works [Inscribed]

by MIRIKITANI, Janice (poems); Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Nancy J. Peters (editors)

San Francisco: City Lights Foundation, 2001. First Edition. First Printing, softcover. Octavo (18cm); photographic wrappers; 112pp. Inscribed by author: "To Benny - with gratitude for the love that your work gave bigger light Love J. Mirikitani". Poet Laureate Series Number 2. Cover design by Yolanda Montijo, with photograph by Alain McLaughlin. Bookshop price sticker to rear cover, with crease to upper rear corner and tiny corresponding marginal creases to final pages of text; Very Good+. Collection of verse includes... Read More

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Maya Angelou Celebrates the Word In a Performance With Her Son, Oakland Poet Guy Johnson, and Poet Janice Mirikitani [caption title]

by [African Americana]: [Angelou, Maya]

[San Francisco: National Poetry Association (S.F.), 1995. Small broadside, 8 x 11 inches, printed in brown and black on light tan paper. Light wear. Near fine. A small but striking broadside advertising a September 1995 performance by legendary poet Maya Angelou in Oakland. Angelou performed on this occasion with her son and fellow poet, Guy Johnson, as well as Bay-area poet and activist Janice Mirikitani. This performance was a benefit for the San Francisco chapter of the National Poetry... Read More

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Third World Women

(San Francisco): Third World Communications. 1972. Edited by Janice Mirikitani, this anthology brought together work by "Third World people of Asia, Africa, and the Original Americas," including "A Scarlet Woman" by Ntozake Shange and "Custer Lives in Humboldt County" by Janet Campbell Hale, both appearances being prior to the authors' first books. Stamp of The Institute for the Study of Labor & Economic Crisis on the title page and inked-out address of the "Women's Library" inside the front cover. Spotting... Read More

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