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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 child years experiences and uncovers the duality of her parents' influence on her behalf stellar achievement as a poet. The first 12 years in Harlem were both peaceful and tumultuous for June, as she grew up the little princess of dirt-poor West Indian immigrants. She was called "son" by her demanding and sometimes brutal father who made her demanding education his major concern. June's tranquil mother encouraged her devotion to words and tempo by reading Mother Goose nursery rhymes and associating specific words with elements of June's body. Complemented by Robin Kilometers' thoughtful narration, June's memoir is interspersed with poetry that reflects the joy and pain of her daily experience. Soldier is a beautiful and genuine portrait of a woman growing up in post-World Conflict II Harlem.
