Haruko/Love Poems

Name: Haruko/Love Poems
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781800814813
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By June Jordan

Series: Serpent's Tail Classics

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In Haruko/Love Poems, June Jordan explores love as a force of revolutionary solidarity, crossing emotional and literal borders. The collection traces a passionate love affair with another woman alongside reflections on relationships with men and women, political resistance, self-care, and apocalyptic visions inspired by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Jordan's poetry is both lyrically inventive and deeply political, marking this 1994 publication as a vital modern classic.
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This collection will resonate with readers interested in contemporary poetry that engages with social justice, activism, and LGBTQ+ themes, as well as those who appreciate bold, passionate, and politically potent verse.

Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer

Searingly beautiful poems about compassion, resistance and desire by an iconic Black American activist and writer

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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.

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Critical acclaim highlights June Jordan’s ability to blend love, politics, and justice: Elisa Gabbert notes Jordan’s emphasis on love and delight alongside themes of vengeance and justice, calling her work an act of faith in the future. Poets.org praises her as a powerful voice for radical love and justice, while Carol Rumens describes her poetry as direct, heartfelt, and timeless in its brilliance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800814813

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Edition: Main - Classic Edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture June Jordan Non-Fiction Poetry Series: Serpent's Tail Classics

About the Author

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.

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