Soldier A Poet's Childhood

Author/creator Jordan, June Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBasic Civitas Books [Imprint] New York : Basic Books New York : Perseus Books Group [Distributor]
Description288 p. 08.250 x 05.500 in.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Black Thought and Culture
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Summary Annotation <div>&amp;lt;DIV&amp;gt;A profoundly moving childhood memoir by a noted poet, essayist, teacher, and journalist.&amp;lt;SHORTA not uncommon story is here captured with astonishing beauty&#8212;the childhood of a gifted daughter whose immigrant parents must struggle in order to provide her with the educational and social opportunities not available to them or, for that matter, to most blacks of her generation.In vivid prose that re-creates the heady impressions of youth, June Jordan takes us to the Harlem and Brooklyn neighborhoods where she lived and out into the larger landscape of her burgeoning imagination. Exploring the nature of memory, writing, and familial as well as social responsibility, Jordan re-creates the world in which her identity as a social and artistic revolutionary was forged.&amp;lt;/Div&amp;gt;</div>
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Awards noteLambda Literary Awards (nominated), 2001
Awards noteAlex Awards (won), 2001
Awards noteGarden State Teen Book Award (nominated), 2003
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 00023783
ISBN9780465036813
ISBN0465036813 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print
Standard identifier# 9780465036813
Stock number00003283

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