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June Jordan (1936-2002), nació en Harlem de padres inmigrantes jamaicanos. Fue poeta, activista, periodista, ensayista y docente. Prolífica y apasionada, fue una voz influyente que vivió y escribió en la vanguardia de la poesía estadounidense, la visión política internacional y el testimonio moral humano.
June Millicent Jordan (9 de julio de 1936 – 14 de junio de 2002) fue una poeta, ensayista, profesora y activista jamaicano-estadounidense autoidentificada como bisexual. En sus escritos, exploró cuestiones de género, raza, inmigración y representación.
11 mag 2023 · June Jordan, The Poetry of Design. a cura di Lindsay Harris. Fino all’11 giugno 2023. American Academy in Rome. Via Angelo Masina 5, 00153 Roma Italia. Sections. Arte. Una mostra fa tornare alla ribalta la prima donna afroamericana vincitrice del Rome Prize, con il suo lavoro sull’ambiente inteso come un diritto, da progettare con parole e ...
June Jordan, who died aged 65, after suffering from breast cancer for several years, defied all pigeonholes. Poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist, academic, cultural and political activist—she was all these things, by turn and simultaneously, but above all, she was an inspirational teacher, through words and actions, and a supremely principled person.
June Jordan, poetisa afroamericana, feminista y defensora de los derechos civiles, exploró a través de su poesía las múltiples facetas de la opresión y luchó incansablemente por la igualdad y la justicia social. Sus poemas, llenos de fuerza y pasión, son una poderosa herramienta para transmitir mensajes de resistencia y empoderamiento.
<b>Editors: Conor Tomás Reed and Talia Shalev</b><br> <br> Though many aspects of June Jordan’s unique and dynamic forms of work and activism have been well documented, “Life Studies,” traces a through line of her creative interventions to form a fuller portrait of her complex and interrelated engagements. Through essays and policy reports from her days as a housing activist, speeches ...
This definitive volume gathers work from June Jordan's ten books of poetry and includes many never-before-published poems—including a tender, fierce, and innovative collection of poems written before her death in 2002. Throughout her storied career as an artist and activist, Jordan chronicled a living, breathing history of the struggles that have defined the United States.
