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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... understand her cousin's role or presence in her mother's life . For Orridge , Mildred was not par- ticularly a silent or submissive woman ; instead , she was not understanding of the early personal and professional choices Jordan made ...
... understand the journeys of Jordan's immigrant parents from their homelands to the U.S. mainland , one must situate ... understand such complicating dynamics at the same time that she was sup- posed to understand the beauty of life and ...
... understand . No matter who told her , again and again , she couldn't understand why she had to give up her place . " " In time , Linda and her brothers come to understand the importance of sharing space and making room for the new baby ...
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 |