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The Essential June Jordan

by June Jordan

June Jordan’s poetry across three decades

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June Jordan’s poetry across three decades

Spanning work published from Some Changes (1971) to Last Poems (2001), this curated volume brings together poetry shaped by its historical moment and by concerns the description presents as still pressing. Jordan addresses racist police brutality and violence against women, while also considering solidarity among people who are marginalized or outside the norm. The collection offers a view of how these subjects recur across several decades of her writing. An afterword by Jericho Brown accompanies the poems.

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  • Readers seeking a broad selection of June Jordan’s poetry from 1971 to 2001.
  • Readers interested in poetry addressing racism, violence against women, and solidarity.
  • Readers exploring African American and Black poetry.

Themes

Racist police brutalityViolence against womenSolidarity among marginalized peopleJustice

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Book overview

The Essential June Jordan honors the enduring legacy of a poet fiercely dedicated to building a better world. In this definitive volume, featuring an afterword by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown, June Jordan's generous body of poetry is distilled and curated to represent the very best of her works. Written over the span of several decades―from Some Changes in 1971 to Last Poems in 2001-―Jordan's poems are at once of their era and tragically current, with subject matter including racist police brutality, violence against women, and the opportunity for global solidarity amongst people who are marginalized or outside of the norm. In these poems of great immediacy and radical kindness, humor and embodied candor, readers will (re)discover a voice that has inspired generations of contemporary poets to write their truths. June Jordan is a powerful voice of the time-honored movement for justice, a poet for the ages.
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