This Unruly Witness: June Jordan’s Legacy

This Unruly Witness: June Jordan’s Legacy gathers essays, poems, and letters celebrating the poet, healer, and activist. With contributions from Angela Davis, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pratibha Parmar, and more, this collection affirms Jordan’s enduring call to love, justice, and community—voices we need now more than ever.

Upcoming Events: There will be a national book tour in San Francisco, DC, Atlanta, Boston, Provincetown, Berkeley, and more.

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Praise for This Unruly Witness

““ Through poignant, funny, and searing reflections by so many who walked alongside Jordan, this collection offers readers of Jordan’s work a living portrait of a great American poet.”“

Lena Khalaf Tu aha, Author of Something About Living

“If you do not know this poet, no matter how many material possessions you amass—you are impoverished.”“

Regie Gibson, Massachusetts poet laureate

“For June, the struggle ultimately was about and in the service of love. The ways this book allows both to coexist is impressive.”

Cornelius Eady, Author of Brutal Imagination