"All books by A. Van Jordan"
M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A: Poems
Paperback, 2006
"Jordan is a wizard at capturing vernacular in both conventional forms and his own invention." --Black Issues Book Review
The Cineaste: Poems
Hardback, 2013
A remarkable montage of poems that explore film, poetry, and the elusiveness of reverie.
The Cineaste: Poems
Paperback, 2014
“Finds evocative new ways to connect us to a shared storytelling heritage.”—Entertainment Weekly
Quantum Lyrics: Poems
Paperback, 2009
"Fearless hybridization.... Jordan creates spaces where physics and poetry, comic books and jazz, memory and loss, come together."—American Prospect
The Cineaste: Poems
E Book, 2013
“Finds evocative new ways to connect us to a shared storytelling heritage.”—Entertainment Weekly
When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again: Poems
Paperback, 2025
A dynamic, moving hybrid work that celebrates Black youth, often too fleeting and examines Black lives lost to police violence
When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again: Poems
E Book
Winner of the 2024 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
“A. Van Jordan is one of the most capacious, deep-structural imaginations in American poetry today.” —Linda Gregerson
A dynamic, moving hybrid work...