Examines the struggles of blacks to achieve freedom and equality, focusing on Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement

Dry Victories

JORDAN, JUNE

Children's Books

Henry Holt Co.

The Essential June Jordan (Penguin Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Penguin Classics

African-American experience comparing Reconstruction to the Civil Rights era

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Avon/Books

With the same pithy but eloquent observations characteristic of Jordan's classic poetry collections, Things that I Do in the Dark and Living Room, and her notable essay collections, Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, Kissing God Goodbye will strike a universal chord as it witnesses the pain, confusion, and passion of what it's like to live in our society at the twilight of the twentieth century. June Jordan's many selves, as poet, essayist, feminist, and activist come together here in a collection of poetry that is alternately lyrical, magical, shockingly spare, pungently political, yet universally resonate. Beautiful love poems are interspersed with poems about Bosnia, Africa, urban America, Clarence Thomas, affirmative action, her mother's suicide, and Jordan's bout with breast cancer. This collection of poetry will be warmly welcomed by June Jordan loyalists and new readers who will thrill to discover a voice that has been described as one of the "most gifted poets of the late twentieth century."

Kissing God Goodbye: Poems 1991-1997

Anchor

Piercingly intuitive, eloquent, and caustic, Affirmative Acts is an address to the social, economic, racial, and political conflicts that mar the otherwise beautiful human experience. In this new collection of political essays, Jordan explores the confusion of an America in the grip of pseudo-multiculturalism and political intolerance. Continuing in the tradition of her classic collections Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, Jordan acquaints readers with moments of American life threatened by social negligence and economic despair. With her characteristic insight, Jordan unveils how these too-frequent bouts of civil unrest bring out the weakest parts of the American spirit and challenges readers to remain inspired as society approaches the millennium. June Jordan's wisdom shines through in this brilliant collection of inspirational essays, which will be eagerly awaited by Jordan loyalists and enjoyed by her new readers.

Affirmative Acts

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Tender, witty, and passionate poems express impressions of human scenes, often colored by an awareness of race

Things that I do in the dark: Selected poetry

Random House]

Thngs That I Do in Drk

A little girl describes her life in the city where she works poetry puzzles indoors and has outdoor adventures with the dog that she is taking care of for a friend.

Kimako's Story

Burford, Kay

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

A profoundly moving childhood memoir by a noted poet, essayist, teacher, and journalist.

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood

Arts & Literature

Civitas Books

Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life.

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood: A Poet's Childhood

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Dry Victories

The Essential June Jordan (Penguin Modern Classics)

Dry Victories

Kissing God Goodbye: Poems 1991-1997

Affirmative Acts

Things that I do in the dark: Selected poetry

Thngs That I Do in Drk

Kimako's Story

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood: A Poet's Childhood