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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... tion , naming , and racial mythologies that denigrated people of color . The poem's closing line , " They should let Black people be seen ... not as one reflec- tion on all , " supports Jordan's struggle with identity , writing ...
... tion after the war . His work became a symbol of a young America . Jordan follows Whitman's tradition of writing poetry that connects politics with passion and attempts to make sense of a strange country supposedly based on democratic ...
... tion , Kinloch and Grebowicz , Still Seeking . In particular , see Christina Accomando , " Exposing the Lie of Neutrality : June Jordan's Affirmative Acts , " 33-47 , and Ramona Coleman , “ Exploring the Space of Americanness and the ...
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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 |