{"product_id":"were-on-a-june-jordan-reader-9781938584350","title":"We're On: A June Jordan Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoet, activist, and essayist June Jordan is a prolific, significant American writer who pushed the limits of political vision and moral witness, traversing a career of over forty years. With poetry, prose, letters, and more, this reader is a key resource for understanding the scope, complexity, and novelty of this pioneering Black American writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10362442\"\u003eChristoph Keller\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938584350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193858435X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO002000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune Jordan (1936 - 2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist and teacher. Prolific and passionate, she was an influential voice who lived and wrote on the frontlines of American poetry, international political vision and human moral witness. The author of many award-winning books, she traveled widely to read her poems and to proclaim a vision of liberation for all people. Dynamic, rebellious, and courageous, June Jordan was, and still is, a lyrical catalyst for change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristoph Keller is the author of numerous prize-winning novels, plays and essays in German, including \u003ci\u003eGulp\u003c\/i\u003e (1988); \u003ci\u003eI'd Like My Country Flat \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eIch hätte das Land gern flach, \u003c\/i\u003e 1996); and the Swiss best-selling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Best Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDer Beste Tänzer, \u003c\/i\u003e 2003). Keller and his wife, the American poet Jan Heller Levi, are currently co-writing \u003ci\u003eWhatever Can Come To A Woman, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first full-length biography of the American poet Muriel Rukeyser, to be published by Alfred A. Knopf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJan Heller Levi is the author of three books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eOnce I Gazed at You in Wonder, Skyspeak, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Muriel Rukeyser Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and consulting editor on the 2005 reissue of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also coeditor, with Sara Miles, of \u003ci\u003eDirected by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan\u003c\/i\u003e. Levi lives in New York City with her husband, the Swiss-born novelist and playwright, Christoph Keller, with whom she is completing a biography of Rukeyser. She teaches at Hunter College. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42686775361773,"sku":"9781938584350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2502141e-322f-4f79-bd91-79d17a2fe85e.jpg?v=1649778254","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/were-on-a-june-jordan-reader-9781938584350","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}