Kimako's Story

by June Jordan

A little girl describes her life in the city where she works poetry puzzles indoors and has outdoor adventures with a dog that she is taking care of for a friend.

42 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1981

About the author

June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was a Caribbean-American poet and activist.

Jordan received numerous honors and awards, including a 1969-70 Rockefeller grant for creative writing, a Yaddo Fellowship in 1979, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1982, and the Achievement Award for International Reporting from the National Association of Black Journalists in 1984. Jordan also won the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers Award from 1995 to 1998 as well as the Ground Breakers-Dream Makers Award from The Woman's Foundation in 1994.

She was included in Who's Who in America from 1984 until her death. She received the Chancellor's Distinguished Lectureship from UC Berkeley and the PEN Center USA West Freedom to Write Award (1991).

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Reviews

[Liz Fuentes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book. Jordan centers a child's perspective on social issues in Harlem and, as always, moves through the despair with love and hope. This book perfectly prepares the reader to understand activist poetry. Specifically, how we can mobilize our love to investigate the world around us and create change.