Soldier
A Poet's Childhood
Published on 23. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-465-03682-0 (ISBN)
Description
Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-465-03682-0 (9780465036820)
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Person
June Jordan was Professor of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley and was born in New York City in 1936. Her books of poetry include Haruko / Love Poems and Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems. She was also the author of five children's books, a novel, three plays, and five volumes of political essays, the most recent of which was Affirmative Acts. For more than ten years, she wrote a regular political column for The Progressive magazine. Her honours included a National Book Award nomination, a Rockefeller Foundation grant, and a National Association of Black Journalists Award. June Jordan died in Berkeley, California on June 14, 2002.