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Representing Asian Americans Through Spoken Word: George Yamazawa Jr8

By Mary Tablante Nationally Recognized Slam Poet George Yamazawa Jr. talks about his journey to doing poetry full-time Spoken word artist George “G” Yamazawa, Jr., never had an Asian American role model growing up, so he decided to become one himself. Yamazawa is the youngest poet to become a National Poetry Slam Finalist, won the 2012 Kollaboration DC talent competition …

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