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There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.
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Birth: | 9th July, 1936 |
Death: | 14th June, 2002 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Biographer, Playwright, Poet, Teacher, Writer |
June Millicent Jordan was a Caribbean-American poet and activist. At Barnard Jordan met Columbia University student, Michael Meyer, whom she married in 1955. Jordan subsequently followed her husband to the University of Chicago, where he would pursue graduate studies in anthropology. She also enrolled at the university but soon returned to Barnard where she remained until 1957.
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