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Soldier

A Poet's Childhood

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Soldier

By: June Jordan
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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World-renowned poet and Professor of African American Studies at U.C., Berkeley, June Jordan writes a deeply personal memoir of her formative years. June recalls her childhood experiences and reveals the duality of her parents’ influence on her stellar achievement as a poet. The first 12 years in Harlem were both peaceful and tumultuous for June, as she was raised the daughter of dirt-poor West Indian immigrants. She was called "son" by her demanding and sometimes brutal father who made her rigorous education his primary concern. June’s quiet mother inspired her devotion to words and rhythm by reading Mother Goose nursery rhymes and associating specific words with parts of June’s body. Complemented by Robin Miles’ thoughtful narration, June’s memoir is interspersed with poetry that reflects the joy and pain of her daily experiences. Soldier is a beautiful and genuine portrait of a girl growing up in post-World War II Harlem.

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I enjoyed the story and the narrator. I would definitely recommend this. I also loved the writing voice of June Jordan.

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Grateful for the time spent listening to this beautifully recorded book set in NYC, in Harlem and Brooklyn. June Jordan's work is genius and her girlhood story so poignantly penned.

Robin Miles truly brought it to life with an authenticity that made me laugh and cry..I will read the text and listen again and bring both the text and audio to my students and recommend this to my friends.

A MASTERPIECE

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Excellent story
It is very true aboutbcartibean families
They make exceptional sacrifices for their children to excel.

Very interesting and beautiful

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