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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... identity so as to cri- tique abuses of power . Additionally , Jordan successfully makes the point that many countries and peoples , especially women and children of color , are pre- vented from experiencing life in a democratic world ...
... identity at the sheer neglect of sexual identities and gay rights . Years later , she and socially conscious writers such as Audre Lorde , artic- ulated the importance of including the movement for gay rights in progressive efforts for ...
... identity along the lines of race , ethnicity , class , gender , and sexual- ity . Given the proliferation of narratives about American citizenship , national identity , and media - generated images of success , affirmative action ...
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 |