Civil Wars

Haruko: Love Poems: [US only]

For HarukoLittle moves on sight blinded by histories as trivial or expansive as the rain seducing light into a blurred excitementThen she opens all of one eye as accurate as longing as two hands beholden to the hunger of green leavesand rinsing them back

Kissing God Goodbye: Poems 1991-1997

With the same pithy but eloquent observations characteristic of Jordan's classic poetry collections, Things that I Do in the Dark and Living Room, and her notable essay collections, Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, Kissing God Goodbye will strike a

Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology

The pioneering anthology Home Girls features writings by Black feminists and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication in 1983, it has become an essential text on Black women's lives and writings. This editio

Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems

“Jordan . . . is among the bravest of us, the most outraged. She feels for all. She is the universal poet.”—Alice Walker“Always urgent, inspiring, and demanding, Jordan’s work has left its indelible mark everywhere from Essence to The Norton Ant

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood

Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life.

Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays

"She remains a thinker and activist who 'insists upon complexity.' " -Reamy Jansen, San Francisco ChronicleSome of Us Did Not Die brings together a rich sampling of the late poet June Jordan's prose writings. The essays in this collection, which include h

His Own Where

“This June Jordan treasure is a rare piece of fiction from one of America's most vital poets and political essayists—a tender story of young love in the face of generational opposition, a modern-day Romeo and Juliet that sings and sways.”—Walter M