The Essential June JordanEdited by Jan Heller Levi & Christoph Keller The Essential June Jordan honors the enduring legacy of a poet fiercely dedicated to building a better world. In this definitive volume, introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, June Jordans generous body of poetry is distilled and curated to represent the very best of her works. Written over the span of several decadesfrom Some Changes in 1971 to Last Poems in 2001Jordans poems are at once of

his primary focus was on how to live and love in the present moment despite the enduring difficulties of human history

Lowlands en Oerol in groten getale werden bezocht

Punks weaves together historic narratives of loss

die de lezer al bijna even plotseling kunnen overvallen

wieren en parkeerplekken

a grammar of loss

Part aesthetic treatise ("a poem is not going to give precise directions")

he provides an unwhite (and unwhiting) take not only on the things that are but on language as it reaches out to them

Ik zeg niet dat ik Pools ben

Ze maakte 42 teksten in vlekkeloos vierkante vorm

and Esther Jansma

constraints on breath