Naming Our Destiny (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: June Jordan
- First Published: 1989
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Justice, Social action, Mothers, Parents and children, Politics, Racism, Blacks, Love or romance, Self, Human rights, Social issues, Rape, Oppression, Imperialism
The Work
Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems, June Jordan’s most monumental volume of poetry, is a collection that covers a wide range of topics. The poems in the collection span more than thirty years; fifty pieces never published previously are also included in this volume. In Naming Our Destiny, Jordan demonstrates that it is her mission as an artist to change the world, and with the poems in this collection, Jordan takes a stance against oppression as she explores the black experience in America.
Jordan’s volume begins with “Poem from Taped...
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