Francis Uyematsu

Everyone has two grandfathers. Fortunate is the child who knows both. This is especially so when the child grows up and becomes a writer, a poet whose verse is shaped in large measure by the history of her family--by its struggles intimate and epic. In this sense, Amy Uyematsu has been half-lucky for most of her 58 years.

Everyone has two grandfathers. Fortunate is the child who knows both. This is especially so when the child grows up and becomes a writer, a poet whose verse is shaped in large measure by the history of her family--by its struggles intimate and epic. In this sense, Amy Uyematsu has been half-lucky for most of her 58 years.