{"product_id":"haruko-love-poems-by-june-jordan","title":"Haruko\/Love Poems by June Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected by Seán Hewitt as a Granta Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn trailblazing poet, essayist, teacher and activist June Jordan's poems, love is a vision of revolutionary solidarity, crossing borders both emotional and literal with an outstretched hand. \u003cem\u003eHaruko \u003c\/em\u003etraces the faltering arc of a passionate love affair with another woman while \u003cem\u003eLove Poems \u003c\/em\u003eencompasses relationships with men and women, political resistance, the need for self-care in a demanding, uncaring world and apocalyptic visions of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. A contemporary of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, June Jordan's spectacular poetry remains profoundly politically potent, lyrically inventive and breathtakingly romantic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1994, \u003cem\u003eHaruko\/ Love Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is a vitally important modern classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58220546064766,"sku":"9781800814813","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9925\/files\/1792055797.jpg?v=1792055896","url":"https:\/\/www.poetrybooks.co.uk\/products\/haruko-love-poems-by-june-jordan","provider":"The Poetry Book Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}