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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... Poetry of June Jordan I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint Kissing God Goodbye: New Poems 1991–1997 Affirmative Acts: New Political Essays Soldier: A Poet's ...
... Poetry of June Jordan I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint Kissing God Goodbye: New Poems 1991–1997 Affirmative Acts: New Political Essays Soldier: A Poet's ...
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... in these United States and here, in our world, require. For example, as the great Afghan poet, Rumi, has written: “Bird song brings relief to my longing. . . . Please, universal soul, practice Some song, or something, through me!” 1 ...
... in these United States and here, in our world, require. For example, as the great Afghan poet, Rumi, has written: “Bird song brings relief to my longing. . . . Please, universal soul, practice Some song, or something, through me!” 1 ...
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... poet's life. I am rather late as I try to tell you tonight about my gratitude. Back in 1975, I wrote: “To be honest, I expect apocalypse, or I look for and I work for defeat of international evil, indifference, and suffering, only when ...
... poet's life. I am rather late as I try to tell you tonight about my gratitude. Back in 1975, I wrote: “To be honest, I expect apocalypse, or I look for and I work for defeat of international evil, indifference, and suffering, only when ...
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... poetry to carry me, pellmell, into ecstatic delight and sensual enlightenment. And then, one afternoon, a guest speaker came to my class at U.C. Berkeley, to describe distinguishing attributes of the Chinese language. I listened almost ...
... poetry to carry me, pellmell, into ecstatic delight and sensual enlightenment. And then, one afternoon, a guest speaker came to my class at U.C. Berkeley, to describe distinguishing attributes of the Chinese language. I listened almost ...
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... poetry, in English, is that the poem can work on the vertical as well as the horizontal. For example, to return to our collectively composed T'ang poem, you can also read it: foot run stare find / step near eye face / sound dare flirt ...
... poetry, in English, is that the poem can work on the vertical as well as the horizontal. For example, to return to our collectively composed T'ang poem, you can also read it: foot run stare find / step near eye face / sound dare flirt ...
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