Directed by Desire // The Collected Poems of June Jordan

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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" tha t 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 whose articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, and The Nation. After her death in 2002, a school in the San Francisco School District was renamed in her honor. Publisher: ‎Copper Canyon Press; Reprint (June 1, 2007) Language: ‎English Paperback: ‎640 pages ISBN-10: ‎1556592345 ISBN-13: ‎9781556592348 Item Weight: ‎2.44 pounds Dimensions: ‎5.8 x 1.7 x 8.8 inches Show more