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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... various rights . In the 1960s Jordan reported on the struggle for civil rights in Southern states , particularly in Mississippi , for various newspapers including the New York Times and the Herald Tribune . The poet visited black ...
... various , mul- tifoliate lives against pacification , homogenization , the silence of terror , and sur- render to standards that despise and disregard the sanctity of each and every human life . " His Own Where , despite the negative ...
... various other writings attest to her commitment to honoring the struggle of past heroines , such as Fannie Lou Hamer and Phillis Wheatley , by acknowledging the power of young people . Her text Dry Victories ( 1972 ) is a perfect ...
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 |