Some Of Us Did Not Die: Selected EssaysBasic Books, 5 авг. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 320 “Forty years of tireless activism coupled with and fueled by flawless art.” —Toni Morrison Some of Us Did Not Die brings together the seminal essays of June Jordan, the widely acclaimed Black American writer known for her fierce commitment to human rights and political activism. Spanning the length of her extraordinary career, and including her last writings, the essays in this collection reveal Jordan as an incisive analyst of injustice, democracy, and literature. Willing to venture into the most painful contradictions of culture and politics, Jordan comes back with lyrical honesty, wit, and wide-ranging intelligence that resonates sharply to this day. |
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... Night: O. NCE THROUGH the fires of September 11, it's not easy to remember or O recognize any What about moonlight What about watching for the moon above the tops of trees and standing still enough to hear the raucous crickets chittering ...
... Night: O. NCE THROUGH the fires of September 11, it's not easy to remember or O recognize any What about moonlight What about watching for the moon above the tops of trees and standing still enough to hear the raucous crickets chittering ...
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... nights relentless minute after minute more than 110,000 times we bombed Iraq we bombed Baghdad we bombed Basra/we bombed military installations we bombed the National Museum we bombed schools we bombed air raid shelters we bombed water ...
... nights relentless minute after minute more than 110,000 times we bombed Iraq we bombed Baghdad we bombed Basra/we bombed military installations we bombed the National Museum we bombed schools we bombed air raid shelters we bombed water ...
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... nights. And what shall we do, we who did not die? What shall we do now? How shall we grieve, and cry out loud, and face down despair? Is there an honorable nonviolent means towards mourning and remembering who and what we loved? Is ...
... nights. And what shall we do, we who did not die? What shall we do now? How shall we grieve, and cry out loud, and face down despair? Is there an honorable nonviolent means towards mourning and remembering who and what we loved? Is ...
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... night, on my own, I wrote this other T'ang poem, just for the thrill of it: heat sound pound plum spill ground rise fruit fall fill air splash branch rain wash chance start heart kill chill And, by the way, another wonderful thing about ...
... night, on my own, I wrote this other T'ang poem, just for the thrill of it: heat sound pound plum spill ground rise fruit fall fill air splash branch rain wash chance start heart kill chill And, by the way, another wonderful thing about ...
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... night of the shootings, and that murder, I'd been reading my mail, rather carelessly, until I came across a large xerox of another photograph of many people crowded together with a blue ballpoint circle drawn around two of their heads ...
... night of the shootings, and that murder, I'd been reading my mail, rather carelessly, until I came across a large xerox of another photograph of many people crowded together with a blue ballpoint circle drawn around two of their heads ...
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