Directed by Desire: Collected Poems

June Jordan

• Title

  Directed by Desire: Collected Poems

• Date 2005
• ISBN 9781556592287
• Publisher Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press
• Description 640 p; 8.8 in
• Language English
• Collections Residency Collection, Workshops
• Summary

  This definitive volume gathers work from June Jordan’s ten books of poetry and includes many never-before-published poems—including a tender, fierce, and innovative collection of poems written before her death in 2002. Throughout her storied career as an artist and activist, Jordan chronicled a living, breathing history of the struggles that have defined the United States. Having engaged in a vast stylistic range, Jordan’s work broadened and enriched the traditions of American poetry. (Copper Canyon Press)

• Tags African American poetry, Collections, American poetry -- 20th century