Passion av June Jordan

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After decades out of print, <I>Passion</I>¿one of June Jordan¿s most important collections¿has returned to readers. Originally entitled, <I>passion: new poems, 1977-1980,</I> this volume holds key works including ¿Poem About My Rights,¿ ¿Poem About Police Violence,¿ ¿Free Flight,¿ and an essay by the poet, ¿For the Sake of the People¿s Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us.¿ June Jordan was a fierce advocate for the safety and humanity of women and Black people, and for the freedom of all people¿and Barack Obama made a line from this book famous: ¿We are the ones we have been waiting for.¿ With love and humor, via lyrics and rants, she calls for nothing less than radical compassion. This new edition includes a foreword by Nicole Sealey.