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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... never got over . And she wouldn't particularly talk about it . There was a lot of guilt there . [ Granville ] never forgave her . Of course , we couldn't tell him June had an abortion . " " 59 " 60 Years later , Jordan wrote and ...
... never heard about El Salvador ; I ain ' never seen the children sliced and slaughtered at the Sumpul Riverside And I ain ' never heard about Atlanta ; I ain ' never seen the children strangled in the woods . . . NO NO NO NO NO ! This is ...
... never stopped loving Bucks . And I never forgot the way the two of us did every- thing , or what we did . And this is my plan . When my mother asks me what do I want for my birthday , which is coming up in August ( I'm a Leo ) , I am ...
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 |