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Nima of the month: May 2021

Amy Uyematsu is a Sansei from Los Angeles. Active in the early Asian American movement, she was a co-editor of UCLA's Roots: An Asian American Reader. Amy taught high school math for LA Unified Schools for 32 years. Her first poetry book with poems about growing up J-A in LA was aptly named 30 Miles from J-Town. Currently, she teaches a writing workshop at the Far East Lounge in LA's Little Tokyo.


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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 7
Here we share a final installment of a long series tribute to the late, great Amy Uyematsu. Since J…

Dec. 21, 2023


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Stone Songs
Happy New 2023, everyone!  What better way to begin than with the beauty of poetry and pr…

Jan. 19, 2023






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