Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union - Softcover

Jordan, June

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679747621 ISBN 13: 9780679747628

Publisher: Vintage, 1994

Synopsis

In a collection of essays, the poet, essayist, activist, and teacher discusses growing up in Brooklyn, the myths of race and class, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jesse Jackson, the poverty of American education, and other topics. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher

"Major and indispensable...We see at work the committed, passionate, revolutionary creative mind that will, when embodied in the collective consciousness of us all, help deliver us from the deceptions, if not the violence, of American life."--Alice Walker

"June Jordan is our premier black woman essayist....Written with the elegance and discipline of the poet, Technical Difficulties moves, provokes, startles and enlightens.''--Toni Morrison

From Library Journal

As a radical black feminist lesbian, Jordan offers a unique perspective on the world, and fans will rejoice in this fine new collection of her poetry and essays from 1986 to 1992. Her commentary is well written and thoughtfully presented. Jordan's essay on Mike Tyson's guilty verdict combined with an earlier essay on her own experience of being raped is as powerful as anything this reviewer has ever read. Some essays, such as the one on her father or the one on Dr. Spock and parenting, have universal appeal and power, and even readers who disagree with her ideas would do well to sample Jordan's book for the excellent quality of her writing. Recommended for all libraries.
- Anita L. Cole, Miami-Dade P.L. System, Fla.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679747621
• ISBN 13: 9780679747628
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 234