Selected by Seán Hewitt as a Granta Book of the Year 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.
| ISBN: | 9781800814813 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2023 |
| Author: | June Jordan |
| Publisher: | Serpent's Tail an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Serpent's Tail Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) Poetry by individual poets |