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Writing & Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from June Jordan
Introduced by Jan Heller Levi
Feb 24, 2018 | 3:00 pm
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During her life, poet and essayist June Jordan (1936 – 2002) energetically responded to the crises of the disenfranchised with activism, writing and teaching. To continue her legacy of speaking truth to power, poets Joshua Bennett, Suzanne Gardinier, Donna Masini and Aja Monet talk about their own experiences with writing and teaching in our current time of crisis.
Presented with the support of the June M. Jordan Literary Estate.
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- Feb 24, 2018
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3:00 pm
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- Readings and Conversations
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