Jordan, June (1936–2002)
Jordan, June (1936–2002)
African-American essayist and poet. Born July 9, 1936, in Harlem, NY; died June 14, 2002; dau. of Granville Jordan and Mildred Jordan; attended Barnard College and University of Chicago; m. Michael Meyer, 1955 (div. 1965); children: 1.
Taught at Connecticut College, City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and University of California at Berkeley; author of poetry, plays, essays, short fiction, and novels, including Who Look at Me (1969), His Own Where (1971), New Life: New Room (1975), Things I Do in the Dark: Selected Poetry (1977), Civil Wars (1981), Naming Our Destiny (1989), Technical Difficulties (1992), Haruko Love Poems (1994), I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (1995), and Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (2001). Received Achievement Award for International Reporting from National Association of Black Journalists (1984).