June Jordan: Her Life and LettersJune Jordan was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, to Mildred and Granville Jordan, Jamaican natives. During her life, she became one of the most prolific, important, and influential African American writers of her time. Before her death from breast cancer in 2002, Jordan published more than 27 books, including Some of Us Did Not Die, Solider: A Poet's Childhood, Poetry for the People: Finding a Voice through Verse, Haruko Love Poems, and Naming Our Destiny. Her work Civil Wars, a collection of letters and essays, addressed such topics as violence, homosexuality, race, and black feminism. Working in many genres and touching on many themes and issues, Jordan was a powerful force in American literature. This biography reveals the woman, the writer, the poet, the activist, the leader, and the educator in all her complexity. |
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... Collaborative . This nonprofit organization , established in 1967 in New York City , pairs poets and writers with public - school teachers and students to pro- vide in - school writing sessions and workshops , after - school and weekend ...
... Collaborative ( New York City ) and the Writers - in - the Schools program ( Houston , Texas ) . Also , one can assume that Jordan used the California Poetry in the Schools program ( CPITS ) , initially funded by the National Endowment ...
... collaborative project with musician Torf , entitled June Jordan and Adrienne Torf : COLLABORATION , Selected Works , 1983-2000 . The compilation includes selections on South Africa ( Every Night , Winnie Mandela and Song for Soweto ) ...
Contents
A Poets Childhood | 7 |
Two Who Look at Me | 31 |
Poems of Exile and Return | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Black Literate Lives: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Maisha T. Fisher No preview available - 2009 |