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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... there are limitless, new ways to engage our tender, and possible responsibilities, obligations that our actual continuing coexistence here, in these United States and here, in our world, require. For example, as the great Afghan poet ...
... there are limitless, new ways to engage our tender, and possible responsibilities, obligations that our actual continuing coexistence here, in these United States and here, in our world, require. For example, as the great Afghan poet ...
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... there is arable earth aplenty to feed and nourish every one of us. It does not seem reasonable that the color of your skin should curse and condemn all of your days and the days of your children. It seems preposterous that gender, that ...
... there is arable earth aplenty to feed and nourish every one of us. It does not seem reasonable that the color of your skin should curse and condemn all of your days and the days of your children. It seems preposterous that gender, that ...
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June Jordan. enough to continue standing out there, brave against Senator Joe McCarthy and the witchhunts that terrorized America. He looked like a hero to me. It really was cold. He really didn't care. He stood there, by himself, on ...
June Jordan. enough to continue standing out there, brave against Senator Joe McCarthy and the witchhunts that terrorized America. He looked like a hero to me. It really was cold. He really didn't care. He stood there, by himself, on ...
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June Jordan. only the ones without guns There is international TV There is no news The enemies proliferate The homeless multiply And I I watch I wait. I am already far and away too late too late And as I have wrestled with my own ...
June Jordan. only the ones without guns There is international TV There is no news The enemies proliferate The homeless multiply And I I watch I wait. I am already far and away too late too late And as I have wrestled with my own ...
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... There was a war on against colored people, against poor people. I had to become a soldier who would rise through the ... there is also the humble love of Ruth and Naomi I will place right next to the derringdo of David's love for ...
... There was a war on against colored people, against poor people. I had to become a soldier who would rise through the ... there is also the humble love of Ruth and Naomi I will place right next to the derringdo of David's love for ...
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