A Fire Is Burning It Is in Me
Subtitle: The Life and Writings of Michiyo Fukaya
Contributors: Michiyo Fukaya (Editor); Gwendolyn L. Shervington (Editor)
Publisher: New Victoria Publishers
Published: October 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780934678780
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Specific Groups - Lesbians; Lesbian Studies; Biography; United States; American Contemporary Poetry; Asian American Poetry; Poets, American; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Sociology; USA; Essays; American - General; Fukaya, Michiyo; 20th century; 1953-1987; Feminists; Fukaya, Michiyo,; Japanese American women
First sentence: It was the summer of 1982 before I was able to get a picture of my maternal grandmother and grandfather.
Description: 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.