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Nina Serrano | |
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| Born | Weehawken, New Jersey[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
| Genres | poetry, plays, historical fiction |
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[2][3] Paul Richards (m. 1987) |
| Children | Valerie Landau,[2] Greg Landau[3] |
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Nina Serrano (born 1934[4]) is an American poet, writer, storyteller, and independent media producer who lives in Vallejo, California.[5] She is the author of Heart Songs: The Collected Poems of Nina Serrano (1980) and Pass it on!: How to start your own senior storytelling program in the schools (Stagebridge). Her poems are widely anthologized, including the literary anthology, Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Writers from California (Heyday Books), and three anthologies of peace poems edited by Mary Rudge from Estuary Press. She has also translated two chapbooks from Peruvian poet Adrian Arias. She currently leads storytelling workshops at senior centers and elementary schools through Stagebridge.org. She is the former director of the San Francisco Poetry in the Schools program and the Bay Area's Storytellers in the Schools program. A Latina activist for social justice, women's rights, and the arts.
- ^ "Husband mum on approval disapproval". Wisconsin State Journal. August 15, 1957. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c Nicaragua Way: a Novel by Nina Serrano - About the author. Estuary Press. September 2016. ISBN 9780961872588. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Elliot, Lisa Ruth (2016). "Oral History: Nina Serrano". Found SF. Retrieved July 21, 2021.