June Jordan (1936–2002)
Autore di Some of us did not die : new and selected essays of June Jordan
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June Jordan, Professor of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley, was born in Harlem. Her eleven books of poetry include Kissing God Goodbye and Haruko/Love Poems. She was also the author of five children's books, a novel, three plays, a memoir, and five volumes of political essays, the most mostra altro recent of which is Affirmative Acts. For more than ten years, she wrote a regular political column for The Progressive. She was the founder of Poetry for the People at U.C. Berkeley, where she received the Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement. Among June Jordan's numerous honors were a Rockefeller grant, the PEN Center U.S.A. West Freedom to Write Award, and a Special United States Congressional Recognition for "outstanding contributions to literature, the civil rights movement, and in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community." June Jordan died in Berkeley, California on June 14, 2002 mostra meno
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Opere di June Jordan
Opere correlate
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 516 copie
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Collaboratore — 201 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 160 copie
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Immagine di copertina — 100 copie
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Collaboratore — 87 copie
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love (1998) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Jordan, June Millicent (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1936-07-09
- Data di morte
- 2002-06-14
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Harlem, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- cancer (breast)
- Istruzione
- Barnard College
University of Chicago - Attività lavorative
- poet
essayist
dramatist
journalist
professor - Organizzazioni
- University of California, Berkeley
Utenti
Recensioni
His Own Where (Contemporary Classics) di June Jordan
I just finished reading this about 15 minutes ago and am once more in awe of June Jordan. This is a masterful, poetic, piece of prose. The language is so beautiful and powerful, the characters so richly drawn and real. Buddy is a brilliant observer of both the beauty and injustices in our world. His youthful perspective and energy compel him to reconfigure the world in small and big ways. He is a true hero and leader, transforming the lives of everyone around him by never accepting that things can't be different then they are and then proving that point by changing everything in his way.… (altro)
Sometimes the metaphors strike me; sometimes the imagery, but overall there is a lyricism here that's so inescapable. This collection spans a large span of time, but there were some particular highlights for me. It's always interesting to see poets respond to each other, and in this I loved Poem for Joy [Harjo]. What stays with me is the baseline of On a New Year's Eve, that helps inform thoughts of Annie Dillard's work; in my head at least. It's rare to me to see a collection of poetry that is so varied, but that builds to such a succinct point, such a lesson in that final line. I'm glad I got to read it.… (altro)
Variety of Paintings welcome - poetry strong, but uneven - wish for an updated version.
June Jordan’s Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood certainly has the subject matter for an enthralling tale. The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Jordan (1936-2002) learned to love literature from her loving and abusive father. She grew up in New York at a time when her life experience covered some dramatic changes in the lives of African- and Caribbean Americans. The book was “A Best Book of 2000″ by both the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.
The details of her memories are those of a poet, and therefore rich and evocative. Her story is personal and specific, but also important as an addition to the voices of People of Color in this country.
But the book has no real sense of being a memoir. The very difficult work of memoir is forging all those bits of one’s life into a compelling narrative. Instead, Jordan catches them like butterflies in a net and lets them flit off each other from one fragment to the next. While I found her life fascinating, I had to struggle to keep the momentum because there was no urgency or tension or cohesion to the story. Maybe that is an overstatement. At least, there wasn’t enough of those elements to satisfy this reader.
I did learn from reading this book. It showed me just how much I want to create a thickly textured and urgent story in my own memoir.
The book would be a wonderful source of material for a biographer of Jordan–or for a literary critic who is writing about the poet. But for an engaging nonfiction read, I would choose a different book.… (altro)
The details of her memories are those of a poet, and therefore rich and evocative. Her story is personal and specific, but also important as an addition to the voices of People of Color in this country.
But the book has no real sense of being a memoir. The very difficult work of memoir is forging all those bits of one’s life into a compelling narrative. Instead, Jordan catches them like butterflies in a net and lets them flit off each other from one fragment to the next. While I found her life fascinating, I had to struggle to keep the momentum because there was no urgency or tension or cohesion to the story. Maybe that is an overstatement. At least, there wasn’t enough of those elements to satisfy this reader.
I did learn from reading this book. It showed me just how much I want to create a thickly textured and urgent story in my own memoir.
The book would be a wonderful source of material for a biographer of Jordan–or for a literary critic who is writing about the poet. But for an engaging nonfiction read, I would choose a different book.… (altro)
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- Utenti
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 76
- Lingue
- 2
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