Passion
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Book Overview
After decades out of print, Passion--one of June Jordan's most important collections--has returned to readers. Originally entitled, passion: new poems, 1977-1980, this volume holds key works including "Poem About My Rights," "Poem About Police Violence," "Free Flight," and an essay by the poet, "For the Sake of the People's Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us." June Jordan was a fierce advocate for the safety and humanity of women and Black people, and for the freedom of all people--and Barack Obama made a line from this book famous: "We are the ones we have been waiting for." With love and humor, via lyrics and rants, she calls for nothing less than radical compassion. This new edition includes a foreword by Nicole Sealey.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1556596359
ISBN13:9781556596353
Release Date:September 2021
Publisher:Copper Canyon Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
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a tragedy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
this is an amazing volume of poetry. It's tragic that it's out of print. this is June Jordan's poetry at it's best. it includes the amazing "poem about my rights" I want it so bad I'm tempted to tell the library I lost it, but I won't because everyone needs to read this.
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