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Tag: June Jordan

That attitude that fighting is probably not

Posted on June 30, 2017June 30, 2012 by admin

“That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.”

— June Jordan

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Category: attitude
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In the process of telling the truth

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2010 by admin

“In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.”

— June Jordan

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Category: truth
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Poetry is a political act because it

Posted on February 18, 2014February 18, 2009 by admin

“Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.”

— June Jordan

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Category: truth
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Poetry is a political act because it

Posted on March 25, 2013March 25, 2008 by admin

“Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.”

— June Jordan

Author: June Jordan
Category: poetry
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So, poetry becomes a means for useful

Posted on July 9, 2012July 9, 2007 by admin

“So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.”

— June Jordan

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Category: poetry
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But, based on my friendship with Evie

Posted on July 3, 2012July 3, 2007 by admin

“But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966.”

— June Jordan

Author: June Jordan
Category: friendship
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The first function of poetry is to

Posted on February 10, 2012February 10, 2007 by admin

“The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think.”

— June Jordan

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Category: poetry
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There are two ways to worry words.

Posted on October 19, 2011October 19, 2006 by admin

“There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.”

— June Jordan

Author: June Jordan
Category: beauty
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I am a feminist, and what that

Posted on May 6, 2011May 6, 2006 by admin

“I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”

— June Jordan

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Category: respect
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