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An early novel in the First Wave of Feminism, with original proceeds donated to the suffrage movement, written by fourteen different, popular writers of the early Twentieth Century.With a new introduction placing The Sturdy Oak as a foundational story of feminist literature, this composite novel, written by fourteen popular authors including nine women, was drawn together during first wave of feminism when the status of women in American life ...

Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer

This tale of a Harlem and Brooklyn childhood is a stunning exploration of the nature of memory, writing, family, and the forging of the poet's identity as an artistic and social revolutionary

After decades out of print, Passion-one of June Jordan's most important collections-has returned to readers. Originally entitled, passion: new poems, 1977-1980, this volume holds key works including "Poem About My Rights, " "Poem About Police Violence, " "Free Flight, " and an essay by the poet, "For the Sake of the People's Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us." June Jordan was a fierce advocate for the safety and humanity of women and Bla...

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, l...

June Jordan could renew any skeptic's faith in poetry. These poems gleam with jewel-like polish at the same time that they seem so effortlessly conversational one feels as if Jordan is in the room, expounding her endlessly complex and enlivening arc from outright outrage to generous love for herself, her partners, and all of us. June Jordan's poetry speaks pointedly to the present moment and fervent calls for social justice. Jordan spent ha...

Black poets from the early twentieth century and onward come together for a moving anthology, edited and organized by the late, revered poet June Jordan. First published in 1970, soulscript is a poignant, panoramic collection of poetry from some of the most eloquent voices in the art. Selected for their literary excellence and by the dictates of Jordan's heart, these works tell the story of both collective and personal experiences, in Jordan's...

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For HarukoLittle moves on sight blinded by histories as trivial or expansive as the rain seducing light into a blurred excitementThen she opens all of one eyeas accurate as longingas two hands beholden to the hunger of green leavesandrinsing them back into regular breath she who sees she frees each of these beggarly events cleansing them of dust and other deathPoem about ProcessAnd ProgressFor HarukoHey Baby you bettahurry it up!Becausesince y...

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This volume is a complete collection of June Jordan's columns for The Progressive, published between 1989 and 2001. Jordan (1936-2002) was a poet and UC Berkeley professor who is celebrated as a great human rights activist and social critic. Through her work, she taught a concept of "life as activism, " based on inclusiveness, consistency, honesty, and identification with the oppressed. Far from being a purely idealistic and unsustainable appr...

Affordable paperback of volume honored as one of Library Journal's "Poetry Books of the Year.

The only young adult book by June Jordan is rediscovered and introduced by best-selling author Sapphire.

A posthumous collection of essays, noted for its "love of language" and "expression of social identity" (Reamy Jansen, "San Francisco Chronicle") "Some of Us Did Not Die" brings together a rich sampling of the late poet's prose writings.