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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]
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 ...
[8] [4] At the University of California, Berkeley Zamora pursued his degree and taught in June Jordan's Poetry for the People program. This was founded by June Jordan in 1991 and is intended to serve as an arts and activism program. The programs academic focus is teaching about reading, writing, poetry and building community. [9] [10]
Much of Bashir's poetry explores the intersections of culture, change, and identity through the lens of race, gender, the body and sexuality. She is currently the June Jordan visiting professor at Columbia University of New York. Bashir is the first black woman recipient of the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize in Literature.
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Lesbian Poetry: June Jordan, Directed by Desire: Collected Poems [1] Samiya Bashir, Where the Apple Falls; Jackie Kay, Life Mask; Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume II; Amber Flora Thomas, Eye of Water; LGBT Studies Susan Ackerman, When Heroes Love: The Ambiguities of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David [1]