This Unruly Witness was curated for people who see love as a life force, who seek a community that can sustain us, who know that “we are the ones we have been waiting for.” Celebrating the life and legacy of the poet activist June Jordan, this collection illuminates why we need Jordan more than ever.
Featuring a foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, an afterword from Imani Perry, essays, poems, letters, and interviews from internationally acclaimed poets and thinkers such as Angela Davis, Pratibha Parmar, Margo Okazawa-Rey, Naomi Shihab Nye, Afaa M. Weaver, E. Ethelbert Miller, and many other people touched by Jordan’s work.
Various authors, poets, and activists will be joining us on the Busboys stage to celebrate June Jordan’s legacy. You don’t want to miss this special evening filled with music and poetry readings MC’d by Niani Kilkenny! There will be presentations by Kelly Navies, Adrienne Torf, Kathy Engel, Zeina Azzam, Ruth Forman, Amy Horowitz, and E. Ethelbert Miller.
This event is free and open to all, and our program begins at 6:00 pm. Copies of THIS UNRULY WITNESS will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person.
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BOOK DETAILS
This Unruly Witness
June Jordan's Legacy
Edited by Durell M. Callier, Dominique C. Hill, Lauren Muller, and Becky Thompson
November 11, 2025 | Paperback, 312 pages, $24.95
