“Can I Get a Witness?”: Writing with June Jordan

Abstract

With June Jordan’s voice lodged inside my head, I traverse history and the here and now as queer immigrant scholar/teacher of color via a transnational critical optic, alert to the ravages of power. I write using experimental form to break the hold of dominant (white) rhetorical traditions that are failing us, intertwining my words with Jordan’s words amidst ongoing assaults on our lives/imaginations.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201930181
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