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The Collected Poems of June Jordan
Affordable e-book of volume honored as one of Library Journal's "Poetry Books of the Year."...
The definitive introduction to the work of 'the bravest of us . . . the universal poet' (Alice Walker) For the poet and activist June Jordan, neither ...
“This June Jordan treasure is a rare piece of fiction from one of America's most vital poets and political essayists—a tender story of young love ...
A Poet's Childhood
A profoundly moving childhood memoir by a noted poet, essayist, teacher, and journalist. "SHORTA not uncommon story is here captured with astonishing ...
After decades out of print, Passion—one of June Jordan’s most important collections—has returned to readers. Originally entitled, passion: new p...
Essayist June Jordan presents this collection that follows the more than 40-year span of her writing career, which includes political essays about the...
From renowned poet and activist June Jordan comes the reissue of her classic collection of essays about love, power, violence, and the condition of ra...
A Revolutionary Blueprint
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
New and Selected Poems
"June Jordan is as courageous, as rebellious, as compassionate as she is original.... [She] is an inhabitant of the entire universe." -Alice Walker Th...
A poem exploring the condition, feelings, and ideas of blacks in a white society illustrated by reproductions of paintings depicting the life of black...
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Political Essays
Piercingly intuitive, eloquent, and caustic, Affirmative Acts is an address to the social, economic, racial, and political conflicts that mar the othe...
African-American Notes on the State of the Union
A distinguished African-American poet, activist, essayist, and teacher presents an extraordinary collection of essays on a variety of contemporary the...
A June Jordan Reader
Toni Morrison affirms Jordan's work as "tireless activism coupled with and fueled by flawless art....
Encouraged by Father, three children move into and decorate their own room while Mother is in the hospital having a new baby sister....
Selected Poetry
Two young black boys examine the Reconstruction and Civil Rights eras and the effect these periods have had on the lives of their people. Includes per...
A brief biography of one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi....
Poems, 1991-1997
Jordan's work, at this point and for many years now, is perfect. She says exactly what she means to say, and says it so powerfully that the reader hea...
A Black Feminist Anthology
Home Girls, the pioneering anthology of Black feminist thought, features writing by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative an...
New Poems, 1977-1980
The award-winning poet explores, with her characteristic fierce honesty, the oppression of women and Blacks, street violence, lovemaking, and the stru...
New Poems
"Her work is made of headlines-from Beirut, Atlanta, New Bedford, Soweto, & other sites of struggle & 'Neanderthal nostalgia.' It is informed writing,...
Earthquake/romance
Selected Political Essays
Afro-American Poetry
June Jordan's Writings from the Progressive
"A complete collection of June Jordan's columns for The Progressive, published between 1989 and 2001"--...
The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative. Series 7, Fall 2017
"Known for groundbreaking works such as Africans and Native Americans, Columbus and Other Cannibals, and The American Discovery of Europe--as well as ...