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The power of poetry: Poetry and politics

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At an event in 1986, Jordan talked about poetry and international politics at Old Wives’ Tales, a lesbian feminist bookstore on San Francisco’s Valencia Street, which was once home to a busy corridor of lesbian establishments.

Meet Poet, Political Writer, Teacher [and] Activist June Jordan
She will read from and discuss her latest book On Call
particularly her experiences in and analysis of the United States’ role in Nicaragua

Thursday February 6, 1986
7:30 Free

Old Wives Tales Bookstore
1009 Valencia, San Francisco 415-821-4675
Type [and] Layout: La Raza Graphics

Flyer, June Jordan reading, 1986, Carton 6:50, Barbara Christian papers, BANC MSS 2003/199 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.