Her vision and politics have set her at the forefront of contemporary poetry and her work has a far-reaching impact on all poets and readers of poetry today. A dedicated and inspired teacher, her innovative and highly successful poetry program, Poetry for the People, has recently emerged as a national phenomenon.
June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936 and was the author of ten books of poetry, seven collections of essays, two plays, a libretto, a novel, a memoir, five children's books, and June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint. As a professor at UC Berkeley, Jordan established Poetry for the People, a program to train student teachers to teach the power of poetry from a multicultural worldview. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and her articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms., Essence, and The Nation. After her death from breast cancer in 2002, a school in the San Francisco School District was renamed in her honor.
Jericho Brown is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his book The Tradition. He teaches at Emory University and lives near Atlanta.
- Publisher: Routledge (October 17, 1995)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415911680
- ISBN-13: 9780415911689
- Item Weight: 1 pounds
- Dimensions: 7.01 x 0.55 x 9.02 inches
