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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... sexual preference was not the business of the state , " Piven argued that it was about gay rights while Jordan counterargued that it was about civil rights . " They also disagreed over issues of sexuality : Jordan informs Civil Wars ...
... sexuality is perhaps the last place we have to go with freedom , and maybe that's why we're getting there so slowly . " The slow progress of talking about sexuality and freedom attests to a longtime American resistance to talking about ...
... sexual freedom meant that she could fully embrace the various realities of her life without accepting a single ... sexual liberation without punishment . In many ways , Jordan's focus on sexuality is a focus , however incomplete , on ...
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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 |