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The Essential June Jordan

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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 in exploring issues of gender, race, immigration, representation and much else besides. Here, above all, are sinuous, lashing and passionate lines, virtuosic in their musicality and always bearing the stamp of Jordan's irrepressible personality. Here are poems of suffusing light and profound anger: poems moved as much by political animus as by a deep love for the observation of human life in all its foibles, eccentricities, strengths and weaknesses. With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, The Essential June Jordan allows new readers to discover - and old fans to rediscover - the vital work of this endlessly surprising poet who, in the words of Adrienne Rich, believed that 'genuine, up-from-the-bottom revolution must include art, laughter, sensual pleasure, and the widest possible human referentiality.'

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780241508718
Publication date: 24th June 2021
Author: Jericho Brown, June Jordan
Publisher: Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 272 pages
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Genres: Poetry by individual poets
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Feminism and feminist theory
Social discrimination and equal treatment
Political activism