Kathryn Waddell Takara

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A Very Special Autumn Brown Bag Session
Sponsored by the UC Davis African American and African Studies Program
Kathryn Waddell Takara, PhD
Reads and Discusses her New Book of Poetry
Love’s Seasons
Generations Genetics Myths
Thursday October 23, 2014
12:10-­‐1:30
Hart Hall 2215

Pacific Raven Press
(2014):
Takara (2010 American Book Award Winner) moves easily from
African American Alabama backyards, rural Hawaii, and northern
China into the realms of ritual and the mystical, using rhythms of
nature, social relations, and spicy moments to inform, captivate,
elucidate, and inspire the reader.
Kathryn Waddell Takara, PhD, holds a BA in French from Tufts/Jackson
University, an MA in French from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Political Science from the
University of Hawaii. She also holds certificates from the University of Bordeaux in
French and Peking University in basic Mandarin.