Directed by Desire

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" 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.

subjects: American poetry,  Poésie américaine,  African american,  African american studies,  Women's studies,  English & college success -> english -> poetry,  Social sciences -> social sciences -> ethnic studies,  Social sciences -> sociology -> woman studies

Times: 20th century,  20e siècle