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Wing Tek Lum--The Nanjing Massacre in Poetry

The legendary Asian American poet will join us to read from a work that’s been 13 years in the making—-a harrowing and heartbreaking 70-poem series on the Nanjing Massacre of 1937.

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Friday, May 14, 2010 2:29 AM

The legendary Asian American poet will join us to read from a work that’s been 13 years in the making—-a harrowing and heartbreaking 70-poem series on the Nanjing Massacre of 1937. With Wing Tek Lum, author of Expounding the Doubtful Points.

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