Born:
July 9, 1936, Harlem, New York City

Died:
June 14, 2002, Berkeley, California

Academic Posts:

1989 - 2002
University of California at Berkeley.
Professor of African American Studies
Founder and Director: Poetry for the People

1978-1989
SUNY at Stony Brook
Professor of English
Director, The Poetry Center

1967-1978
English faculty at City College of New York, Yale University, Sarah Lawrence College, Connecticut College

Film and Theater

2002-2003
Antonin Artaud “For an End to the Judgment of God” and June Jordan “Kissing God Goodbye,” directed by Peter Sellars, July, the Vienna Festival, Vienna, Austria. Tate Modern, London; Schauspielhaus, Zurich; KVS / De Bottelarij, Belgium; RomaEuropa, Rome.

1995
I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky (opera); lyrics and libretto by June Jordan, music by John Adams, an original production directed by Peter Sellars. World premiere, 1995, Cal Performances, Berkeley, California; Montreal Arts Festival; Lincoln Center, NYC; Edinburgh International Arts Festival; Helsinki, Finland; Paris, France; and Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany.

1990
A Place of Rage, a full-length documentary on June Jordan and Angela Davis produced by England's TV Channel 4, directed by Pratibha Parma.

1985-86
Bang Bang Uber Alles (documentary opera), lyrics and libretto by June Jordan, music by Adrienne Torf. Produced by The Women's Project at the American Place Theater, NYC, directed by Billie Allen; and by Seven Stages Theater, Atlanta, directed by Del Hamilton.

Poetry, Essays and Journalism

June Jordan published 28 books of poetry, essays, and fiction. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and a prolific writer whose articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms., Essence, the American Poetry Review, The Nation, and many other periodicals.

For a complete list of June Jordan's books, please see her bibliography.