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June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
Some of the book's poems initially appeared in Tahoma Literary Review, The Nation, Mizna. [5] The book's title is a reference to June Jordan, and the book includes Tuffaha's 2022 The Nation poem, "Letter to June Jordan in September". [6] [7] A launch event for the book was hosted at the Palestinian Film Festival in September of 2024. [8]
Davis and Jordan discuss the effects of Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and other activists; as well as women's roles in black churches during the Civil Rights Movement and the outcome of the 1960s Black Power movement. [3] Parmar took a 1970 prison interview of Davis and intercuts scenes of poetry of June Jordan. [1]
Uchechi Kalu reads her poetry in Mexico City. Uchechi Kalu is an Igbo Nigerian-born multidisciplinary artist, poet and creativity coach, in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, southeastern Nigeria. She is best known for her work as a poet, technologist, and entrepreneur.
In 2017, Monet read "Apologies to All the People in Lebanon" by June Jordan, dedicated to the 600,000 Palestinian men, children, and women who lived in Lebanon from 1948 to 1983, on the Laura Flanders Show. About the piece, Monet stated, "Jordan begs us to trust one another and to tell the truth, to read the world more closely, to learn the ...
This category includes grief, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and other forms of moral injury and mental disorders caused or inflamed by war. Between the start of the Afghan war in October 2001 and June 2012, the demand for military mental health services skyrocketed, according to Pentagon data. So did substance abuse within the ranks.
In the early 1980s Harkins sent the piece, with other poems, to various magazines and poetry publishers, without any immediate success. Eventually it was published in a small anthology in 1999. He later said: "I believe a copy of 'Remember Me' was lying around in some publishers/poetry magazine office way back, someone picked it up and after ...
Even artificial intelligence couldn't make up for flagging consumer demand at Best Buy ().For the 12th consecutive quarter, the retailer posted negative same-store sales growth, down 2.9% year ...