Oregon's Poet Laureate Lawson Inada

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After a 16-year gap, the State of Oregon designates a new poet laureate. He's Lawson Inada, a jazz-loving Japanese-American who spent his childhood in an internment camp. Lawson is Oregon's fifth poet laureate.

First Broadcast: 2006
Producer: Jessica Martin

Appeared in episode: Bird Painter Jon Janosik, Oregon's Poet Laureate Lawson Inada, Open Studios

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oregonpoetlaureate.org — Visit the Oregon Poet Laureate website to learn more about Lawson Inada.
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