Genny (Genevieve) Lim was born on 15 December 1946, in San Francisco, California. [1] She is an American poet, playwright, and performer. She served as the Chair of Community Arts and Education Committee, and as Chair of the Advisory Board for the San Francisco Writers Corps. [2] She has performed with Max Roach, Herbie Lewis, Francis Wong, and Jon Jang among others in San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Houston and Chicago. [2]
She graduated with her BA and MA from San Francisco State University, and later with a certificate in broadcast journalism from Columbia University in 1973. She teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
She lives in San Francisco with her two daughters, Colette and Danielle. [3] [4] Her papers are held at University of California Santa Barbara. [5]
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