"June Jordan is as courageous, as rebellious, as compassionate as she is original.... [She] is an inhabitant of the entire universe." -Alice Walker This collection is the definite anthology of work by June Jordan, compiling poetry from nearly 20 years-including over 50 poems published in the U.S. for the first time. Empathetic to all it encounters, her poetry is a deeply personal music sounded in response to universal concerns. In Naming Our Destiny, she addresses racism, oppression, & dispossession with a call for justice & for sensitivity to our world. June Jordon's works include eight books of poetry, two books of essays, & a novel. She is currently a professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley.