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Jireh Deng

A hazy photo of Jireh Deng, KCET writer. Jireh is young and of Asian descent with blonde hair and round wire framed glasses. They are wearing a white tank top that says, "Long Beach," and have a tattoo of a bok choy and a dumpling on their arm.

Jireh (they/them) is a queer Taiwanese/Hong Konger American poet and multimedia journalist born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley. Their words appear in The Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Washington Post, The Rumpus, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and more.

A hazy photo of Jireh Deng, KCET writer. Jireh is young and of Asian descent with blonde hair and round wire framed glasses. They are wearing a white tank top that says, "Long Beach," and have a tattoo of a bok choy and a dumpling on their arm.
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A woman wearing a kimono and holding a fan in her hands stands in the middle of the street amongst other women in kimonos and fans. In the background, parade onlookers watch from the curb.
After 2 years of virtual Nisei Week events due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Nisei Week returns in-person to celebrate its 80th year, kicking off with a vibrant parade that marched through Little Tokyo last Sunday.
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