The Essential June Jordan
$33.21
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2021
Summary
Gathering poems alongside photographs and manuscript pages, the definitive introduction to the work of ‘the bravest of us … the universal poet’ (Alice Walker).
For the poet and activist June Jordan, neither poetry nor activism could easily be disentangled from the other. Her storied career came to chronicle a living, breathing history of the struggles that defined the USA in the latter half of the twentieth century; and her poetry, accordingly, put its dazzling stylistic range to use …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241508718 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241508711 |
| Author: | June Jordan, Jan Heller Levi, Christoph Keller, Jericho Brown |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
About The Author
June Jordan
June Jordan (Author)
June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936 and was the author of ten books of poetry, seven collections of essays, two plays, a libretto, a novel, a memoir, five children’s books, and June Jordan’s Poetry for the People- A Revolutionary Blueprint. As a professor at UC Berkeley, Jordan established Poetry for the People, a program to train student teachers to teach the power of poetry from a multicultural worldview. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and her articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms., Essence, and The Nation. She died of breast cancer in 2002.
Christoph Keller (External Editor)
Born in Switzerland, Christoph Keller is a novelist, memoirist and editor. His books include the bestselling 2003 memoir-novel Der beste Tänzer (The Best Dancer) and 2019’s Der Boden unter den Füßen (The Ground Beneath Our Feet; winner of the Alemannic Literature Prize). Based for many years in New York City, he now lives in St Gallen.
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