Out of the Dust: New and Selected Poems

by Janice Mirikitani

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824855167
• ISBN13: 9780824855161
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"