The lines in June Jordan’s “These Poems” explain the poet’s modus operandi. Her poems are made “in the dark,” as if by subterranean or subversive means. They are composed of words that ...

For one of those "Who's Who" directories for which well-known writers fill out biographical forms, the poet June ... Jordan say from the grave, with the sarcastic edge she often wields in these poems.

about Jordan and her posthumously published book Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays of June Jordan.

She died on June 14 2002, at age 65, from breast cancer. She was one of the most widely published African-American writers. In her poems and political essays, she addressed issues of racism ...

June Jordan died in 2002, an American child of Jamaican immigrants whose remarkable poetry is collected in “The Essential June Jordan,” a new collection published by Copper Canyon Press.

Today, we are going to play several of June Jordan’s poems, and later in the week we’ll have discussions about her life and her work. This is June Jordan.

A memorial service for UC Berkeley Professor June Jordan ... 145 and 155 of nearby Dwinelle Hall. Professor Jordan, best known for her poems addressing battles against racism, published 28 ...