JUNE JORDAN was a poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist, activist, and educator known for challenging oppression through her inspirational words and actions. The author of over twenty books, her poetry is collected in Directed by Desire; and her selected essays in Some of Us Did Not Die.
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Coney Island Dancers House Music Party on the Coney Island Boardwalk on Saturday nights
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This powerful memoir by international anti-FGM activist Fadumo Korn portrays both her life-altering transformation after she undergoes a brutal female circumcision at the age of seven and her journey to recovery and empowerment.
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Sapphire read from HIS OWN WHERE at The Strand on June 1
The Feminist Press celebrates our reissue of June Jordan’s 1971 young adult novel, His Own Where, with a new introduction by Sapphire.
REVENGE chosen for the LA Times Summer Reading List!
REVENGE named one of the LA Times 60 Summer Reading Titles!
JENNIFER ROSNER touring: IF A TREE FALLS
Book signing: Tuesday, June 15 at Just Books in Old Greenwich, CT..
June Jordan's HIS OWN WHERE reviewed by READING IN COLOR
The review praises HIS OWN WHERE, calling it a "fantastic book filled with small, unique scenes and daunting poetry."
Interview with Barbara Hammer in ARTFORUM MAGAZINE
Barbara Hammers speaks with ARTFORUM about growing up in California, experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, Gertrude Stein, chemotherapy and and her latest film, A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR.
Maryann Lesert's novel BASE TEN on LITERARY MAMA's Essential Reading List
BASE TEN written by Maryann Lesert has been named Essential Reading by Literary Mama, a reading and literary website for the "maternally inclined."
THE REJECTIONIST reviews HIS OWN WHERE by June Jordan
The Rejectionist writes an impassioned review of June Jordan's HIS OWN WHERE, calling Jordan's novel "distinct and brilliantly original."
Joyce Zonana's essay NEXT YEAR IN CAIRO appears in Reader Supported News
Joyce Zonana, author of the Feminist Press's title DREAM HOMES, publishes an essay on visiting the place of her birth and planning the trip back to Cairo with her family.
NOMINATE 40 UNDER 40: The Future of Feminism
Elizabeth Streb on Here & Now!
Listen to Elizabeth discuss her book, STREB: HOW TO BECOME AN EXTREME ACTION HERO
FEMINISTING reviews KING KONG THEORY
"Acerbic and funny . . . Despentes forges a feminism that's hybrid, unique, and altogether punk."
Click here to watch Laura Flanders interview action engineer Elizabeth Streb.
Maya Nussbaum, executive director of Girls Write Now.
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