Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer
June Jordan (1936-2002) taught at UC Berkeley and founded Poetry for the People. Her twenty-eight books include poetry, essays, fiction, and children's books. She is on the Stonewall LGBTQ+ Wall of Honour and a school in the San Francisco School District was posthumously renamed after her.
'Praise for June Jordan:
Jordan puts love and delight in her poems, not just vengeance and
justice... Writing is an act of faith in a future where meaning is
possible.' - Elisa Gabbert
'A powerful voice for radical love and justice. June Jordan is a
poet for the ages.' - Poets.org
'A wonderfully direct and heartfelt love poet... the poetry of June
Jordan is fully alive, set free in brilliant, timeless flight.' -
Carol Rumens
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