Description
Selected by Sean Hewitt as a Granta Book of the Year In trailblazing poet, essayist, teacher and activist June Jordan's poems, love is a vision of revolutionary solidarity, crossing borders both emotional and literal with an outstretched hand. Haruko traces the faltering arc of a passionate love affair with another woman while Love Poems encompasses relationships with men and women, political resistance, the need for self-care in a demanding, uncaring world and apocalyptic visions of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. A contemporary of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, June Jordan's spectacular poetry remains profoundly politically potent, lyrically inventive and breathtakingly romantic. First published in 1994, Haruko/ Love Poems is a vitally important modern classic.
Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer
About the Author
June Jordan (1936-2002) taught at UC Berkeley and founded Poetry for the People. Her twenty-eight books include poetry, essays, fiction, and children's books. She is on the Stonewall LGBTQ+ Wall of Honour and a school in the San Francisco School District was posthumously renamed after her.
Reviews
Praise for June Jordan: Jordan puts love and delight in her poems, not just vengeance and justice... Writing is an act of faith in a future where meaning is possible. -- Elisa Gabbert * The New York Times *
A powerful voice for radical love and justice. June Jordan is a poet for the ages. * Poets.org *
A wonderfully direct and heartfelt love poet... the poetry of June Jordan is fully alive, set free in brilliant, timeless flight. -- Carol Rumens * Guardian *
A depth of feeling and a vibrancy which just sings out from the page ... lucid, strong, and accessible, singing of sexual desire and resistance against tyrannies * Buzz Books *
Book Information
ISBN 9781800814813
Author June Jordan
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Serpent's Tail
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 150g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 126mm * 16mm
Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer
About the Author
June Jordan (1936-2002) taught at UC Berkeley and founded Poetry for the People. Her twenty-eight books include poetry, essays, fiction, and children's books. She is on the Stonewall LGBTQ+ Wall of Honour and a school in the San Francisco School District was posthumously renamed after her.
Reviews
Praise for June Jordan: Jordan puts love and delight in her poems, not just vengeance and justice... Writing is an act of faith in a future where meaning is possible. -- Elisa Gabbert * The New York Times *
A powerful voice for radical love and justice. June Jordan is a poet for the ages. * Poets.org *
A wonderfully direct and heartfelt love poet... the poetry of June Jordan is fully alive, set free in brilliant, timeless flight. -- Carol Rumens * Guardian *
A depth of feeling and a vibrancy which just sings out from the page ... lucid, strong, and accessible, singing of sexual desire and resistance against tyrannies * Buzz Books *
Book Information
ISBN 9781800814813
Author June Jordan
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Serpent's Tail
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 150g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 126mm * 16mm
