Directed by Desire
by June Jordan
American poetryPoésie américaineAfrican americanAfrican american studiesWomen's studiesEnglish & college success -> english -> poetrySocial sciences -> social sciences -> ethnic studiesSocial sciences -> sociology -> woman studies
" Directed by Desire ... is a powerful addition to the entire canon of American poetry."- Booklist Now in paperback, Directed by Desire is the definitive overview of June Jordan's -poetry. Collecting the finest work from Jordan's ten volumes, as well as dozens of "last poems" that were never published in Jordan's lifetime, these more than six hundred pages overflow with intimate lyricism, elegance, fury, meditative solos, and dazzling vernacular riffs. As Adrienne Rich writes in her introduction, June Jordan "wanted her readers, listeners, students, to feel their o.
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Book data: Open Library