{"product_id":"june-jordan-soldier-a-poets-childhood-2000-1st-edition-1st-printing-hardcover-signed-copy","title":"JUNE JORDAN- Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (2000) 1st Edition, 1st Printing \/ Hardcover \/ SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSOLDIER: A POET'S CHILDHOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJordan, June\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished by Civitas Books, 2000. \u003cstrong\u003eSigned by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e on the title page. \/ FINE in a FINE unclipped dustjacket. 261pp.  Scarce signed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSoldier: A Poet’s Childhood\u003c\/span\u003e (2000). Jordan’s searing description of learning to be a “good little soldier” under the severe tutelage of her father who drove her to be strong and smart, to appreciate beauty, but often at the cost of a beating, is told in the voice of a child. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author\u003c\/strong\u003e: “I wanted to honor my father, first of all, and secondly, I wanted people to pay attention to a little girl who is gifted intellectually and creative ...My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJune Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJordan was inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor\u003c\/strong\u003e within the Stonewall National Monument in 2019.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"duttyboukman.art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41312632111256,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3935\/8872\/products\/DSC_0392copy.jpg?v=1637116189","url":"https:\/\/duttyboukman.art\/products\/june-jordan-soldier-a-poets-childhood-2000-1st-edition-1st-printing-hardcover-signed-copy","provider":"Dutty Boukman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}