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.'
The Essential June Jordan - The June Jordan Literary Estate Trust & Jericho Brown (Introduction By)
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