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Complain about the media representation of Oakland all you want. Last week, in the national media, Oakland was portrayed as a great place to live, work, and dine, with restaurants where people come up to your table and greet you like a long-lost neighbor.
That Oakland. You know it? It’s the backdrop of a profile in the New Yorker magazine on Ishmael Reed, novelist, playwright, poet, and resident of Oakland. Hills? Oh no, the flats. Reed is a jazz guy; He B-flat.
Hopefully, the joker in Reed laughs at that pun. It’s because of Reed that I am a writer. But let me not forget Flossie Lewis, my high school English teacher, and current Oakland resident. Lewis set me up. Reed delivered the punch.
Janice Mirikitani, poet, San Francisco church leader, dies
July 29, 2021
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FILE - In this Sunday, June 20, 1999, file photo, Janice Mirikitani, left, joins hands with Bill Bradley, center, and the Rev. Cecil Williams during services at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco. Janice Mirikitani, a beloved San Francisco poet laureate who together with her husband ran the city s Glide Memorial Church, which caters to the poor and homeless, has died. She was 80. Mirikitani died suddenly Thursday, July 29, 2021 the church confirmed in a message to supporters who were scheduled to attend a virtual justice event later in the day, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.Ben Margot/AP
Janice Mirikitani, poet, San Francisco church leader, dies
FILE - In this Sunday, June 20, 1999, file photo, Janice Mirikitani, left, joins hands with Bill Bradley, center, and the Rev. Cecil Williams during services at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco. Janice Mirikitani, a beloved San Francisco poet laureate who together with her husband ran the city s Glide Memorial Church, which caters to the poor and homeless, has died. She was 80. Mirikitani died suddenly Thursday, July 29, 2021 the church confirmed in a message to supporters who were scheduled to attend a virtual justice event later in the day, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)