Kathryn "Kay" Waddell Takara (; born 1943) is an American poet. She won a 2010 American Book Award for Pacific Raven: Hawai`i Poems.
Professional background Takara graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor's degree in 1965, from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Master's degree in 1969, and from University of Hawaiʻi with a PhD in 1995. She taught at the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.Linda Dela Cruz, "Kaaawa Poet Takara Co-chairing Black Studies Institute", MidWeek, December 20, 2006.
Published works New and Collected Poems, Ishmael Reed Publishing Company, 2003. Pacific Raven: Hawaii Poems, Pacific Raven Press, 2009. Tourmalines: Beyond the Ebony Portal, Pacific Raven Press, 2010.
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External links Author's website