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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... Mildred soon joined the family in the States and , according to Jordan's pub- lished accounts , became a domestic ... Mildred's support of her sister's academic pursuits is highly questionable . Orridge recalls a different story , one ...
... [ Mildred ] took me . " 28 Even if Mildred wanted to become an artist instead of a nurse , Jordan does not reveal the reasons behind Mildred's reluctance , if any , to share more of this information with her . This may be a result of her ...
... Mildred committed suicide , Orridge disagrees and insists that Mildred " was sick with hypertension . . . at that time , there were not the medications that exist now - anti - hypertensions and the like . She [ Mildred ] was ailing with ...
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 |