Kathryn Waddell Takara

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Name Kathryn Takara Role Poet		Education Tufts University Awards American Book Awards

Books Pacific Raven: Hawai`i Poems, New and collected poems

The Power of the Word - Stay Woke

Kathryn "Kay" Waddell Takara (born 1943) is an American poet. She won a 2010 American Book Award for Pacific Raven: Hawai`i Poems.

Kathryn Waddell Takara httpspacificravenpressfileswordpresscom2014

Professional background

Takara graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor's degree in 1965, from the University of California, Berkeley with a Masters degree in 1969, and from University of Hawai'i with a PhD in 1995. She taught at the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

Published works

Takara, Kathryn Waddell. New and Collected Poems, Ishmael Reed Publishing Co., 2003. ISBN 978-0-918408-35-8

Takara, Kathryn Waddell. Pacific Raven: Hawaii Poems, Pacific Raven Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9841228-0-6

Takara, Kathryn Waddell. Tourmalines: Beyond the Ebony Portal, Pacific Raven Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9841228-2-0

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Kathryn Waddell Takara Wikipedia

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The Power of the Word - Stay Woke

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