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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... later , she married Michael Meyer , a white student at Columbia College . After a short stay with Meyer in Chicago , Illinois , Jordan returned to New York City , reenrolled in Barnard , and became active in the college's student ...
... later wrote the chil- dren's biography , Fannie Lou Hamer , published in 1972 . Fannie Lou Hamer is an illustrated biography of Mrs. Hamer's commitment to political equality and black life in Mississippi , including her quest to regis ...
... Later , Jordan informs readers about the tremendous amount of support given to her during this extremely difficult time : And I felt overwhelmed by the exhaustive , seamlessly graceful , and indispensa- ble caretaking . . . . How could ...
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 |