The Essential June Jordan

The definitive introduction to the work of ''the bravest of us . . . the universal poet'' (Alice Walker)br>br>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.br>br>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.br>br>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.''>

Product details

• Authors: June Jordan, Jordan June, The June Jordan Literary Estate Trust
• Assisted by: Christoph Keller (Editor), Keller Christoph (Editor), Jan Heller Levi (Editor), Levi Jan Heller (Editor), Jericho Brown (Introduction), Brown Jericho (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9780241508718
• ISBN: 978-0-241-50871-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POETRY / Women Authors, Political activism, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Social discrimination and equal treatment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice