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Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016?
Chinaka Hodge: Utawaambia mabinti wako nini kuhusu mwaka 2016?
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Kwa maneno makali kama vipande vya glasi, Chinaka Hodge anaukata wazi mwaka 2016, na kuwacha miezi 12 za vurugu, huzuni, hofu, aibu, ujasiri na matumaini ya mwagike nje katika shairi hili la kiasili kuhusu mwaka ambao hamna kati yetu atausahau
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educator
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio
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Tell your daughters of this year,
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Ambieni ma binti wenu kuhusu mwaka huu
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how we woke needing coffee
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jinsi tulivyo amka tukihitaji kahawa
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but discovered instead cadavers
strewn about our morning papers,
strewn about our morning papers,
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ila tukapata pindi imemwagwa,
kati ya magazeti ya asubuhi
kati ya magazeti ya asubuhi
00:21
waterlogged facsimiles
of our sisters, spouses, small children.
of our sisters, spouses, small children.
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faksi za dada, mke/mume, watoto wadogo
zilizojaa maji
zilizojaa maji
00:26
Say to your baby of this year
when she asks, as she certainly should,
when she asks, as she certainly should,
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Mwambie mwana wako kuhusu huu mwaka
atakapo kuuliza, anavyofaa kukuuliza,
atakapo kuuliza, anavyofaa kukuuliza,
00:30
tell her it was too late coming.
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mwambie ili kuwa imechelewa kuja
00:31
Admit even in the year we leased freedom,
we didn't own it outright.
we didn't own it outright.
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Kubali kuwahata ule mwaka tulikodisha
uhuru,hatuku umiliki moja kwa moja
uhuru,hatuku umiliki moja kwa moja
00:36
There were still laws
for every way we used our privates
for every way we used our privates
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Bado kulikuwa na sheria jinsi
tunavyotumia sehemu zetu za siri.
tunavyotumia sehemu zetu za siri.
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while they pawed at the soft folds of us,
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ilhali wakivuruga upole wetu
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grabbed with no concern for consent,
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wakatunyakua bila kujali ridhaa
00:44
no laws made for the men
that enforced them.
that enforced them.
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Hamna sheria ziliundiwa wanaume
walioitekeleza
walioitekeleza
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We were trained to dodge,
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Tulifunzwa ku hepa,
00:49
to wait, to cower and cover,
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kungoja, kuhofia, na kujifunika
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to wait more, still, wait.
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kungoja zaidi, na bado kungoja.
00:55
We were told to be silent.
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Tuliambiwa tuwe kimya
00:57
But speak to your girls of this wartime,
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Ila ambia ma binti wako
kuhusu muda huu wa vita
kuhusu muda huu wa vita
00:59
a year preceded by a score of the same,
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mwaka uliotanguliwa na matokeo sawa,
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so as in two decades before,
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kama miongo miwili iliyopita
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we wiped our eyes,
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tuliyapangusa macho yetu
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laced caskets with flags,
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ma jeneza yakafunikwa na bendera
01:08
evacuated the crime scene of the club,
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kuondoa eneo la uhalifu wa Klabu,
01:10
caterwauled in the street,
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kwaruza kuomboleza mitaani,
01:11
laid our bodies on the concrete
against the outlines of our fallen,
against the outlines of our fallen,
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tukailaza mili yetu kwenye sakafu
ya saruji tukiegemea walioanguka,
ya saruji tukiegemea walioanguka,
01:14
cried, "Of course we mattered,"
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tukalia, "Bila shaka tuna umuhimu,"
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chanted for our disappeared.
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tukawaimbia waliopotea.
01:18
The women wept this year.
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Wanawake walilia huu mwaka.
01:20
They did.
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Walilia.
01:21
In the same year, we were ready.
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Mwaka huo huo, tulikuwa tayari.
01:24
The year we lost our inhibition
and moved with courageous abandon
and moved with courageous abandon
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Mwaka tuliopoteza uoga
na kusonga kwa ujasiri
na kusonga kwa ujasiri
01:27
was also the year we stared down barrels,
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huu pia ndio mwaka
tulioyangalia chini mapipa
tulioyangalia chini mapipa
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sang of cranes in skies,
ducked and parried,
ducked and parried,
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tukaimba korongo angani,
tuka hepa na kupangua,
tuka hepa na kupangua,
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caught gold in hijab,
collected death threats,
collected death threats,
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kashika dhahabu kwa hijab,
tukapokea vitisho vya kifo,
tukapokea vitisho vya kifo,
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knew ourselves as patriots,
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tulijifahamu kama wazalendo,
01:36
said, "We're 35 now, time we settled down
and found a running mate,"
and found a running mate,"
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kasema, "tuko 35 sasa, mda wa kutulia na
kumtafuta mgombea mwenza,"
kumtafuta mgombea mwenza,"
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made road maps for infant joy,
shamed nothing but fear,
shamed nothing but fear,
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tukakuza ramani ya furaha mpya ya kitoto,
kutokua na aibu ila ya hofu,
kutokua na aibu ila ya hofu,
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called ourselves fat and meant, of course,
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tukajiita wanene na kumaanisha,
bila shaka,
bila shaka,
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impeccable.
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safi kabisa
01:45
This year, we were women,
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Mwaka huu, tulikuwa wanawake,
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not brides or trinkets,
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sio bibi harusi au kishaufu,
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not an off-brand gender,
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sio jinsia duni,
01:51
not a concession, but women.
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sio mawaidha, ila wanawake.
01:53
Instruct your babies.
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Wafunze watoto wako.
01:54
Remind them that the year has passed
to be docile or small.
to be docile or small.
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Wakumbushe kua mwaka wa kuwa
watulivu au wadogo umepita.
watulivu au wadogo umepita.
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Some of us said for the first time
that we were women,
that we were women,
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Wale kati yetu waliosema ni
wanawake kwa mara ya kwanza,
wanawake kwa mara ya kwanza,
02:00
took this oath of solidarity seriously.
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kachukua kiapo hiki cha umoja kwa umahiri
02:03
Some of us bore children
and some of us did not,
and some of us did not,
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Kuna wale walizaa watoto na
wale hawakuzaa,
wale hawakuzaa,
02:05
and none of us questioned
whether that made us real
whether that made us real
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na hamna miongoni mwetu
aliuliza ilitufanyawakweli
aliuliza ilitufanyawakweli
02:07
or appropriate or true.
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au sahihi au kweli.
02:09
When she asks you of this year,
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Anapokuuliza juu ya mwaka huu,
02:11
your daughter, whether your offspring
or heir to your triumph,
or heir to your triumph,
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binti wako, iwapo mwanawe au
mrithi wa ushindi wako,
mrithi wa ushindi wako,
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from her comforted side of history
teetering towards woman,
teetering towards woman,
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toka pande ya faraja yake historia,
kiyumba kuelekea wanawake,
kiyumba kuelekea wanawake,
02:17
she will wonder and ask voraciously,
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atashangaa na kuuliza kwa lafua,
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though she cannot fathom your sacrifice,
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licha yake kutoweza kuelewa kafara yako,
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she will hold your estimation of it holy,
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ataiweka ukadiri wako takatifu,
02:24
curiously probing, "Where were you?
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jambo la ajabu atadadisi,"Ulikuwa wapi?
02:27
Did you fight?
Were you fearful or fearsome?
Were you fearful or fearsome?
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Ulipigana?
Ulikuwa na hofu au ulihofisha?
Ulikuwa na hofu au ulihofisha?
02:30
What colored the walls of your regret?
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Nini ilikupa majuto?
02:32
What did you do for women
in the year it was time?
in the year it was time?
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Ulifanyia nini wanawake
katika mwaka uliowasili
katika mwaka uliowasili
02:34
This path you made for me,
which bones had to break?
which bones had to break?
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Njia hii ulio nitengezea,
mifupa ipi ilibidii ivunjwe?
mifupa ipi ilibidii ivunjwe?
02:37
Did you do enough, and are you OK, momma?
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Ulifanya ya kutosha, na je uko sawa, mama?
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And are you a hero?"
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Na je wewe ni shujaa?
02:41
She will ask the difficult questions.
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Atauliza yale maswali magumu.
02:43
She will not care
about the arc of your brow,
about the arc of your brow,
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Hatajali
juu ya mikunjo ya uso wako,
juu ya mikunjo ya uso wako,
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the weight of your clutch.
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uzito wa ufumbata wako.
02:47
She will not ask of your mentions.
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Hatakuuliza kuhusu kutajwa kwako.
02:49
Your daughter, for whom you have
already carried so much, wants to know
already carried so much, wants to know
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Binti wako, uliyembebea mengi,
anataka kujua
anataka kujua
02:52
what you brought, what gift,
what light did you keep from extinction?
what light did you keep from extinction?
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ulimletea nini, zawadi ipi,
ulizuia nuru ipi kutokomea
ulizuia nuru ipi kutokomea
02:55
When they came for victims in the night,
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Walipowakujia waathirika usiku,
02:57
did you sleep through it
or were you roused?
or were you roused?
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ulilala au uliamshwa?
03:00
What was the cost of staying woke?
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Bei ya kuwa macho ilikuwa nini?
03:01
What, in the year we said time's up,
what did you do with your privilege?
what did you do with your privilege?
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Nini, kwa mwaka tuisema saa imefika,
ulifanyia nini upendeleo wako?
ulifanyia nini upendeleo wako?
03:05
Did you sup on others' squalor?
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Uliyanywa umaskini wa wengine?
03:06
Did you look away
or directly into the flame?
or directly into the flame?
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Uliangalia kando au uliuangalia moto?
03:08
Did you know your skill
or treat it like a liability?
or treat it like a liability?
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Uliujua ujuzi wako au
uliutunza kama dhima?
uliutunza kama dhima?
03:11
Were you fooled by the epithets
of "nasty" or "less than"?
of "nasty" or "less than"?
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Je ulidanganywa na matusi ya
"gonjwa" au "ndogo kuliko"?
"gonjwa" au "ndogo kuliko"?
03:14
Did you teach with an open heart
or a clenched fist?
or a clenched fist?
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Je ulifunza na moyo mkunjufu
au ngumu iliyokazwa?
au ngumu iliyokazwa?
03:17
Where were you?
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Ulikuwa wapi?
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Tell her the truth. Make it your life.
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Mwambie ukweli. Ifanye iwe maisha yako.
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Confirm it. Say, "Daughter, I stood there
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Ithibitishe. Sema,"Binti, nilisimama pale
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with the moment
drawn on my face like a dagger,
drawn on my face like a dagger,
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kwa muda,
uliochorwa kwa uso wangu kama sime
uliochorwa kwa uso wangu kama sime
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and flung it back at itself,
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na kuirusha ilipotoka
03:26
slicing space for you."
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kukata nafasi kwa'jili yako."
03:27
Tell her the truth, how you lived
in spite of crooked odds.
in spite of crooked odds.
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Mwambie ukweli, vile ulivyoishi
licha ya tabia mbaya
licha ya tabia mbaya
03:30
Tell her you were brave,
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Mwambie ulikuwa jasiri
03:31
and always, always
in the company of courage,
in the company of courage,
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na daima, daima ukaungana na ujasiri,
03:33
mostly the days
when you just had yourself.
when you just had yourself.
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sana sana zile siku,
ulikuwa wewe mwenyewe,
ulikuwa wewe mwenyewe,
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Tell her she was born as you were,
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Mwambie alizaliwa jinsi wewe ulivyo,
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as your mothers before,
and the sisters beside them,
and the sisters beside them,
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kama kina mama wako mbeleni,
na kina dada kando yao,
na kina dada kando yao,
03:40
in the age of legends, like always.
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Katika muda wa wazalendo, kama kawaida.
03:43
Tell her she was born just in time,
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Mwambie alizaliwa kwa muda uliyofaa,
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just in time
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kwa muda uliyofaa
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to lead.
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kuongoza.
03:48
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educatorPoet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works.
Why you should listen
Chinaka Hodge is a writer and educator from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Her work has been featured in Believer Magazine, Teen People Magazine, Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, on PBS and NPR, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. She was an Associate Producer on Simmons Lathan presents Brave New Voices for HBO.
She is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, was a playwright-in-residence at SF Playwrights Foundation and serves as a Visiting Editor at The California Sunday Magazine. She is an inaugural Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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