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245 00 a| This unruly witness :b| June Jordan's legacy /c| edited by Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, and Durell M. Callier ; forword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Imani Perry.;

264 1 a| Chicago, Illinois :b| Haymarket Books,c| 2025.;

300 a| 295 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

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353 a| bibliographyb| bibliography;

353 a| indexb| index;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.;

520 a| A collection of bold and tender writing on June Jordan's multidimensional legacy as a poet, healer, and activist. This Unruly Witness was curated for people who see love as a life force, who seek a community that can sustain us, who know that "we are the ones we have been waiting for." Celebrating the life and legacy of the poet activist June Jordan, this collection illuminates why we need Jordan more than ever. Featuring a foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, an afterword from Imani Perry, essays, poems, letters, and interviews from internationally acclaimed poets and thinkers such as Angela Davis, Pratibha Parmar, Margo Okazawa-Rey, Naomi Shihab Nye, Afaa M. Weaver, E. Ethelbert Miller, and many other people touched by Jordan's work.;

600 10 a| Jordan, June,d| 1936-2002x| Criticism and interpretation.;

650 0 a| African American women poetsv| Interviews.;

650 0 a| African American women political activistsv| Interviews.;

650 0 a| Women political activistsv| Poetry.;

650 0 a| African American womenv| Poetry.;

650 0 a| Black peoplex| Race identity.;

650 6 a| Poétesses noires américainesv| Entretiens.;

650 6 a| Femmes activistes noires américainesv| Entretiens.;

650 6 a| Femmes activistesv| Poésie.;

650 6 a| Noires américainesv| Poésie.;

650 6 a| Personnes noiresx| Identité ethnique.;

655 4 a| Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection.;

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655 7 a| personal correspondence.2| aat;

655 7 a| poetry.2| aat;

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700 1 a| Muller, Lauren,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHQbDxKrkQctwbPdCRTxP;

700 1 a| Thompson, Becky W.,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwRTq3gmhqqjpjtbX7d33;

700 1 a| Hill, Dominique C.,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqWcdgM7XhW4vMYk9Jcvb;

700 1 a| Callier, Durell M.,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjw89g4HDWQyPFw3Vd87QC;

700 1 a| Gumbs, Alexis Pauline,d| 1982-e| author of forword.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbWrXWMDrC9VKyxGkpMfq;

700 1 a| Perry, Imani,d| 1972-e| author of afterword.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJr3r4KHvpWjmgTgwR3CwC;

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This unruly witness : June Jordan's legacy / edited by Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, and Durell M. Callier ; forword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Imani Perry.

Format	Book
Publication	Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Jordan, June, 1936-2002--Criticism and interpretation. African American women poets--Interviews. African American women political activists--Interviews. Women political activists--Poetry. African American women--Poetry. Black people--Race identity. Poétesses noires américaines--Entretiens. Femmes activistes noires américaines--Entretiens. Femmes activistes--Poésie. Noires américaines--Poésie. Personnes noires--Identité ethnique.

Other author/creator	Muller, Lauren, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHQbDxKrkQctwbPdCRTxP
Other author/creator	Thompson, Becky W., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwRTq3gmhqqjpjtbX7d33
Other author/creator	Hill, Dominique C., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqWcdgM7XhW4vMYk9Jcvb
Other author/creator	Callier, Durell M., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjw89g4HDWQyPFw3Vd87QC
Other author/creator	Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- author of forword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbWrXWMDrC9VKyxGkpMfq
Other author/creator	Perry, Imani, 1972- author of afterword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJr3r4KHvpWjmgTgwR3CwC
Physical medium	monochrome
Physical medium	illustration
Contents	Foreword : a definition of love / Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- Poet on the world stage. In response to "The Bombing of Baghdad" by June Jordan / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Black alive and looking straight at you : the legacy of June Jordan / Elizabeth Alexander -- It began as a romance : the collaboration of June Jordan and Adrienne B. Torf / Adrienne B. Torf -- How she sang the blues / Alexis De Veaux -- June Jordan and the renaissance of poetry as a performing art urban ghazal / Zack Rogow -- "A report from the Bahamas" : and what of identity politics? / Margo Okazawa-Rey -- Elegy for a soldier / Marilyn Hacker -- Letters to my friend, for June Jordan / Kathy Engel -- ¡Pu?o en Alto! ¡Libro Abierto! / Fists up! Books open! : on anti-intellectualism, literacy brigades, and revolutionary consciousness / Mar?a Poblet -- The setup / Mahogany L. Browne -- The waters are wide : we can cross over / Becky Thompson -- Call and response / Gwendolen Hardwick -- We are lucky she dared. "Some of us did not die" : remembering June Jordan after all is said and done / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Bit by bit america / Dima Hilal -- Elphistone, Bombay, 1993 / Rajasvini Bhansali -- "The Bombing of Baghdad" : building connections in a time of war -- Maestra / Xochiquetsal candelaria -- Dear June / Ruth Forman -- A practice of freedom not past / Ariel Luckey -- A blueprint for June's love / Sheila Menezes -- Choosing a praxis of liberation / Kate Holbrook -- On the spirit of June Jordan : the ultimate capacities of a school's lifeforce standing at the gates / Jessica Wei Huang -- Stay all the way with Reggie and Ranya / Reid G?mez -- "I choose / anything / anyone / I may lose" : June Jordan, faith, and holy risk / Dani Gabriel -- Between the knuckles of my own two hands : learning from June Jordan / Sriram Shamasunder -- The awesome, difficult work of love. A place of rage : a conversation / Angela Y. Davis, Pratibha Parmar, and Leigh Raiford -- In response to "Apologies to All the People in Lebanon" / Adrienne Maree Brown -- After June Jordan, a poem about police violence / Jehan Bseiso -- For the sake of a people's poetry : June Jordan and Walt Whitman / Donna Masini -- Truth-telling as an emancipatory act : what June Jordan taught me about liberation / Elizabeth Riva Meyer -- Finding "Living Room" with my drone / Zeina Azzam -- Love like a mango, obvious / Will Horter -- June Jordan : what all things are dear that disappear / Wesley Brown -- "Something Like a Sonnet" : reading June Jordan, finding my voice and becoming an oral historian / Kelly Elaine Navies -- Choosing my mind between the mosquitos and the moon / Ruth Nicole Brown -- A note on praxis and Black girls / Dominque C. HIll -- Become a menace / Afaa M. Weaver -- Afterword : June Jordan ; an eternal summer / Imani Perry.
Abstract	A collection of bold and tender writing on June Jordan's multidimensional legacy as a poet, healer, and activist. This Unruly Witness was curated for people who see love as a life force, who seek a community that can sustain us, who know that "we are the ones we have been waiting for." Celebrating the life and legacy of the poet activist June Jordan, this collection illuminates why we need Jordan more than ever. Featuring a foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, an afterword from Imani Perry, essays, poems, letters, and interviews from internationally acclaimed poets and thinkers such as Angela Davis, Pratibha Parmar, Margo Okazawa-Rey, Naomi Shihab Nye, Afaa M. Weaver, E. Ethelbert Miller, and many other people touched by Jordan's work.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.
Genre/form	Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection.
Genre/form	interviews.
Genre/form	personal correspondence.
Genre/form	poetry.
Genre/form	Interviews.
Genre/form	Essays.
Genre/form	Personal correspondence.
Genre/form	Poetry.
Genre/form	Interviews.
Genre/form	Correspondance privée.
Genre/form	Poésie.
ISBN	9798888904985 (hardcover)
ISBN	9798888904572

This unruly witness : June Jordan's legacy / edited by Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, and Durell M. Callier ; forword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; afterword by Imani Perry.

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