Haruko/Love Poems

Description

In trailblazing poet, essayist, teacher and activist June Jordan's poems, love is a vision of revolutionary solidarity, crossing borders both emotional and literal with an outstretched hand. Haruko traces the faltering arc of a passionate love affair with another woman while Love Poems encompasses relationships with men and women, political resistance, the need for self-care in a demanding, uncaring world and apocalyptic visions of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. A contemporary of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, June Jordan's spectacular poetry remains profoundly politically potent, lyrically inventive and breathtakingly romantic. First published in 1994, Haruko/ Love poems is a vitally important modern classic.

June Jordan (1936-2002) taught at UC Berkeley and founded Poetry for the People. Her twenty-eight books include poetry, essays, fiction, and children's books. She is on the Stonewall LGBTQ+ Wall of Honour and a school in the San Francisco School District was posthumously renamed after her.

'Praise for June Jordan: Jordan puts love and delight in her poems, not just vengeance and justice... Writing is an act of faith in a future where meaning is possible.' - Elisa Gabbert 'A powerful voice for radical love and justice. June Jordan is a poet for the ages.' - Poets.org 'A wonderfully direct and heartfelt love poet... the poetry of June Jordan is fully alive, set free in brilliant, timeless flight.' - Carol Rumens