June Jordan

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A Poet's Childhood

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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

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-465-03682-0
EAN: 9780465036820
Produktnummer: 9482763
Verlag: Basic Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H18.7 cm x B21.4 cm x D1.7 cm 378 g
Gewicht: 378
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

June Jordan was Professor of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley and was born in New York City in 1936. Her books of poetry include Haruko / Love Poems and Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems. She was also the author of five children's books, a novel, three plays, and five volumes of political essays, the most recent of which was Affirmative Acts. For more than ten years, she wrote a regular political column for The Progressive magazine. Her honours included a National Book Award nomination, a Rockefeller Foundation grant, and a National Association of Black Journalists Award. June Jordan died in Berkeley, California on June 14, 2002.