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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465036937
ISBN-139780465036936
eBay Product ID (ePID)2324499
Product Key Features
Book TitleSome of Us Did Not Die: Selected Essays
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFeminism & Feminist Theory, Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Women's Studies, American Government / General, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2003
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Literary Collections
AuthorJune Jordan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition18
Dewey Decimal155.8
Synopsis"She remains a thinker and activist who'insists upon complexity.' "Reamy Jansen, San Francisco Chronicle * Some of Us Did Not Die brings together a rich sampling of the late poet June Jordan's prose writings. The essays in this collection, which include her last writings and span the length of her extraordinary career, reveal Jordan as an incisive analyst of the personal and public costs of remaining committed to the ideal and practice of democracy. Willing to venture into the most painful contradictions of American culture and politics, Jordan comes back with lyrical honesty, wit, and wide-ranging intelligence in these accounts of her reckoning with life as a teacher, poet, activist, and citizen., "She remains a thinker and activist who 'insists upon complexity.' " Reamy Jansen, San Francisco Chronicle* Some of Us Did Not Die brings together a rich sampling of the late poet June Jordan's prose writings. The essays in this collection, which include her last writings and span the length of her extraordinary career, reveal Jordan as an incisive analyst of the personal and public costs of remaining committed to the ideal and practice of democracy. Willing to venture into the most painful contradictions of American culture and politics, Jordan comes back with lyrical honesty, wit, and wide-ranging intelligence in these accounts of her reckoning with life as a teacher, poet, activist, and citizen., "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.
