Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan
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“Directed by Desire . . . is a powerful addition to the entire canon of American poetry.”—BooklistNow 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 own latent power—of the word, the deed, of their own beauty and intrinsic value.”From “These Poems”:These poemsthey are things that I doin the darkreaching for youwhoever you areandare you ready?The cloth edition of Directed by Desire was selected as a Library Journal Poetry Book of the Year and received the Lambda Book Award for Lesbian Poetry.June Jordan taught at UC Berkeley for many years and founded Poetry for the People. Her twenty-eight books include poetry, essays, fiction, and children’s books. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and a prolific writer...
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I am not wrong: Wrong is not my nameMy name is my own my own my ownand I cant tell you who the hell set things up like thisbut I can tell you that from now on my resistancemy simple and daily and nightly self-determinationmay very well cost you your life June Jordan, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems // They blew up your homes and demolished the grocery / stores and blocked the Red Cross and took away doctors / to jail and they cluster-bombed girls and boys / whose bodies / swelled purple and black into twice the original size / and tore the buttocks from a four month old baby / and then / they said this was brilliant June Jordan, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems // I am a woman searching for her savagery even if its doomed June Jordan, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems //
i don't really like most poetry but I love this! this is like the best book ever. lane gave it to meas a spontaneous gift. i am savoring every bit of it. I heart June Jordan. She's probably my biggest influence as a poet. This collection is a much-needed compilation of her work over the years, and includes some previously unpublished writing. I heart her, and I heart this book.
