This Unruly Witness: June Jordan's Legacy

This Unruly Witness: June Jordan's LegacyA 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

the child discovers that she too is a cowboy--strong and confident in who she is

and then fractures the many poetic traditions which informed Laurentiis’s poetics—from Greek odes and early Black Spirituals to the work of Whitman and Dickinson and the mid-century cinematic icon The Lady Chablis

a cathartic and precise portrait of being human

17-year-old Enore Adesuwa doesn't dive into things

Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta

and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family--knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents

But when he spots Fiona Addai at the center of a murder investigation

"--Esquire

She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century

life as a mixed-race person

a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature

praised by Ebony for its "unforgettable images