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Amanda J. Cobb Alurista Miguel Algarin Paula Gunn Allen Ai Nash Candelaria Andrea Dworkin Dorothy Barresi Bob Holman Martin Bernal Lucia Chiavola Barbara Christian Diana García William M. Banks Eric Drooker Michelle T. Clinton Birnbaum Judy Grahn Sandra M. Gilbert Derrick Bell Paul Gilroy Sesshu Foster Dorothy Bryant Peter Guralnick Chalmers Johnson Thulani Davis Rose Glickman Naomi Quiñonez Ana Castillo Jessica Hagedorn Russell Charles Tom De Haven Janet Campbell Miles Davis Septima Clark James D. Houston Leong Martín Espada Hale Quincy Troupe Cynthia Stokes Joy Kogawa Janet McAdams Montserrat Fontes Lawson Fusao James M. Freeman Brown Cecilia Liang Elizabeth Nunez Guillermo Gómez-Peña Inada Daniela Gioseffi Gary Giddins Sean O'Tuama W.S. Penn Noel Ignatiev Graciela Limón José Emilio Juan Felipe Herrera Thomas Kinsella Cheri Register John Garvey Jill Nelson Gonzalez Etheridge Knight Harriet Rohmer Chris Ware Brenda Knight Gregory J. Reed Barbara Grizzuti Michael Mayo John A. Williams Carolyne Wright Shirley Geok-lin Lim Giose Rimanelli Harrison Daniel McGuire Evangelina Vigil Malcolm Margolin Sunaina Maira Ronald Takaki Sergei Kan Terry McMillan Kaye Boyle Ted Joans Rajini Srikanth Tino Villanueva Adrienne Kennedy Harvey Pekar Tillie Olsen Louis Owens Virginia Kroll Shirley Geok-lin Lim John Wieners 1982 Philip Whalen Michele Wood Katherine Mayumi Tsutakawa James Welch Toyomi Igus Roundtree Margarita Donnelly Cyn Zarco Russell Banks 2000 Allan Kornblum Joyce Jenkins Hualing Nieh Charles Blockson Lorna Dee Bruce Anderson Edward W. Said Itabari Njeri Dennis Clark Cervantes Esther G. Belin Marc Gerald Joseph Mitchell John Norton Frank Chin Jon Eckels Samuel Blumenfeld Arnold Rampersad 1986 Tato Laviera Emil Guillermo Jack D. Forbes 1993 Lloyd A. E.L. Mayo Elva Treviño Hart Thompson Miguel Algarin Duane Niatum Michael Lally 1996 Francisco X. John C. Walter Helen Barolini Hilton Obenzinger Michael Patrick Alarcón Elizabeth Woody Natasha Borovsky Leroy Quintana MacDonald Sherman Alexie Jack Beatty James O. Freedman Raymond Jerome Andrés Montoya Stephanie Cowell Asake Bomani John Crawford Federman Rothenberg Kate Moses Chitra Banerjee Belvie Rooks Allen Ginsberg Linda Hogan Ronald Tanaka Camille Peri Divakaruni Nelson George Sonia Sanchez Susan Howe Joyce Carol Janisse Ray Maria Espinosa Denise Giardina Jeff Hannusch Thomas David A.J. Richards William Gass Diane Glancy 1989 Cherrie Moraga Al Young John Russell Kimiko Hahn Gerald Graff Gloria Anzaldua Him Mark Lai Rickford E.J. Miller Laino Christopher Mogil Isabel Allende Toshio Mori Genny Lim Russell John Chang-rae Lee Anne Slepian Frank Chin Anna Lee Walters Judy Yung Rickford James W. Loewen Peter Woodrow J. California Cooper Terence Winch Chester Himes Rahna Reiko Rizzuto Glenn C. Loury Katherine Peter Emory Elliott Michael Feingold Allan J. Ryan Agate Nesaule Leroy Quintana Charles Fanning Hisaye Yamamoto 1981 Leroy TeCube Joe Sacco Eugene Redmond Eduardo Galeano Helen Thomas Ron Sakolsky Ninotchka Rosca Henry L. Gates, Jr. 1985 Helen Adams David Toop Fred Wei-han Ho Cornel West Josephine Gattuso Miguel Algarin Lois-Ann Yamanaka Arthur Sze Naomi Long Hendin Sandra Cisneros alta Jack E. White Robert Viscusi Madgett William Hohri Robert Duncan Toni Cade Ronald Sukenick Paul Owen Lewis Scott Walker Carolyn Lau Louise Erdrich Bambara Frank Chin Niall O'Dowd Ray Gonzalez Audre Lorde Peter Irons Peter Blue Cloud Robert Creeley Alexander Taylor Margaret Walker Leslie Scalapino Angela Jackson Rose Drachler Judith Doyle Jennifer Stone Ron Jones Susan Howe 1999 Herb Caen 1992 Shuntaro Tanikawa Colleen J. McElroy Robert Kelly Janice Mirikitani Askia Muhammed Jiro Nakano Alan Lau Edwidge Danticat Raymond Touré Kay Nakano Lionel Mitchell Trey Ellis 1995 Andrews Alma Luz William Oandasan Nicholasa Mohr Lauro Flores Peter Bacho Villanueva Maureen Owen Ben Santos Gary Gach Thomas Avena William B. Branch Amiri Baraka Sonia Sanchez Frank Stanford Nelson George Herb Boyd A'Lelia Perry Ed Dorn Mary Sarton Larry Neal James D. Houston Robert L. Allen Bundles Nicolás Kannellos Gary Soto Anna Linzer Denise Chávez José Antonio John Kuo Wei 1980 Jerry Lipka John Egerton Burciaga 1988 Tchen Gerald V. Mohatt Gordon Henry, Jr. Fritjof Capra Julia Vinograd Rudolfo Anaya the Ciulistet Group Joyce Ann Joyce David Steindl-Rast Jimmy Santiago John Oliver Killens Mei-mei Alice McDermott Li-Young Lee Thomas Matus Baca Joe Flaherty Berssenbrugge Speer Morgan Sandra Haldeman Martz Steven Carter Daisy Bates Jayne Cortez Gloria Naylor Marnie Mueller Norma Field Allison Blakely 1984 Ed Dorn Josip Novakovich Peter Quinn Stephen Fox David Halberstam Milton Murayama Judith Roche Linda Raymond Keith Gilyard Marlon Hom Amiri Baraka Leslie Silko Meg McHutchison Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. Donna J. Haraway Salvatore La Puma Amina Baraka Quincy Troupe Gioia Timpanelli Tricia Rose Peter Kalifornsky Wing Tek Lum Mei-mei Douglas Woolf E. Donald Two- John Ross Verlyn Toni Morrison Berssenbrugge Rivers Marianna De Marco Klinkenborg Charles Olson Cecil Brown Luis Alberto Urrea Torgovnick Benjamin Alire George Butterick Joseph Bruchac Brian Ward Lawrence Yep Sáenz Edward Sanders Jesus Colon Chiori Santiago Jean and Mou-Sien Sandra Scofield Kesho Scott William Kennedy Judith Lowry Tseng Art Spiegelman Cherry Muhanji Maurice Kenny Bobby Byrd and Lee Gwendolyn Brooks Lucy Thompson Egyirba High Venkatesh Byrd James T. Farrell Sheila Hamanaka Thomas Parkinson Kulkarni Robert Hawley Jack Conroy John Gill Ronald Sukenick Paule Marshall Lawrence Richard Wright Elaine Gill Gerald Vizenor Ruthanne Lum Ferlinghetti Nelson Algren Harvey Kurtzman Opal Whiteley McCunn Frederica de Laguna Benjamin Hoff You-shan Tang 1998 1991 Steve Allen Ellen Lai-shan Jayne Meadows Yeung Jim Barnes Lucia Berlin David Zaslow Thomas McGrath Sandra Benítez Thomas Centolella Kathleen Bullock Miné Okubo Allison Adelle Mary Crow Dog Lawson Inada Howard Schwartz Hedge Coke Richard Erdoes Patti McCoy Gary Snyder Angela Y. Davis Nora Marks James Spady Josephine Miles Don DeLillo Dauenhauer Scott DeVeaux Richard Nora Okja Keller Dauenhauer Thomas Lynch Jessica Hagedorn Brenda Marie Osbey Joy Harjo Nancy Rawles bell hooks John A. Williams Deborah Keenan Douglas Messerli Roseann Lloyd Paul Metcalf Meridel Le Sueur Vivian Gussin Paley D.H. Melhem LaVonne Brown The Mill Hunk Ruoff Herald R. Baxter Miller Alejandro Murguía Charley Trujillo Karen Tei Yamashita John Edgar Wideman Bruce Wright Haki R. Madhubuti Ernesto Cardenal
The 2002 Board of Directors of the Before Columbus Foundation alta • Rudolfo Anaya • Marie Anderson • Bob Callahan • Victor Hernandez Cruz Lawrence Di Stasi • Juan Felipe Herrera • Andrew Hope • David Meltzer • Simon Ortiz Ishmael Reed • Gundars Strads • Joyce Carol Thomas • Kathryn Trueblood • Shawn Wong
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