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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... forms , quality educational opportunities , the significance of safe spatial designs in urban communities , and the importance young people in the fight for civil rights . A look at Jordan's children's and young - adult books ...
... forms of injus- tice are connected and , therefore , all such forms of injustice should be eradi- cated : " The difference between South Africa and rape , " Jordan once stated , " and my mother trying to change my face and my father ...
... forms of learning such as exploring one's own neighborhood , interacting with neighbors , and speaking Black English . They also depict forms of black culture , black aesthetics , and modes of survival that are often unaccounted for or ...
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 |