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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... speak , even if their speaking occurs in light of possible threats from an unforgiving public . Lorde writes , " Of what had I ever been afraid ? To ques- tion or to speak as I believed could have meant pain , or death . But we all hurt ...
... speak as a community to a community , that to do otherwise was not easily defensible , nor useful , and would be , in any case , at variance with clarified political values I held as my own . " Jordan wanted to speak to and for black ...
... speak for , and give voice to , the experiences of the Third World , the poor , and women everywhere . Her work , from her writing , travels , teaching , speaking perform- ances , and life , were , and continue to be , forms of ...
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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 |