Soldier: A Poet's Childhood

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
Authors and Contributors      By (author) June Jordan
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780465036820
ClassificationsDewey:811.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Basic Books
Imprint Basic Books
Publication Date 1 April 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

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.

Author Biography

June Jordan was Professor of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley and was born in New York City in 1936. Her books of poetry include Haruko / Love Poems and Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems. She was also the author of five children's books, a novel, three plays, and five volumes of political essays, the most recent of which was Affirmative Acts. For more than ten years, she wrote a regular political column for The Progressive magazine. Her honours included a National Book Award nomination, a Rockefeller Foundation grant, and a National Association of Black Journalists Award. June Jordan died in Berkeley, California on June 14, 2002.