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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

'we are the ones we have been waiting for'

These poems of radical love, urgency and global consciousness reach across borders to break open the silence of oppression and the taboo, liberating both body and soul.

Lively and enigmatic, Passion is June Jordan's most accomplished and animated collection. Her virtuosic, resolute words have inspired generations of readers and activists across the world, from Nobel Laureates to US Presidents.

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

'we are the ones we have been waiting for'

These poems of radical love, urgency and global consciousness reach across borders to break open the silence of oppression and the taboo, liberating both body and soul.

Lively and enigmatic, Passion is June Jordan's most accomplished and animated collection. Her virtuosic, resolute words have inspired generations of readers and activists across the world, from Nobel Laureates to US Presidents.

Über den Autor

June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936 and was the author of ten books of poetry, seven collections of essays, two plays, a libretto, a novel, a memoir, five children's books, and Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint. As a professor at UC Berkeley, Jordan established Poetry for the People, a program to train student teachers to teach the power of poetry from a multicultural worldview. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and her articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms., Essence, and The Nation. She died of breast cancer in 2002.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs (editor) is the author of several books, including Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde winner of the Judy Grahn Prize and the Zora in non-fiction, and Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, for which she won a Whiting Award. She has also been honored with the Windham Campbell Prize for her poetry, and two National Humanities Center Fellowships for her intellectual impact. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Archive
Inhalt: VIII
136 S.
ISBN-13: 9780241752425
ISBN-10: 0241752426
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Jordan, June
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 178 x 112 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: June Jordan
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,09 kg
Artikel-ID: 132414186