Jordan, A. Van 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
with Tyehimba Jess
with Tyehimba Jess
If one rainy night you find yourself
leaving a phone booth, and you meet a man
with a lavendar umbrella, resist
your desire to follow him, to seek
shelter from the night in his solace.
– A. Van Jordan, “Old Boy”
Listen to A. Van Jordan’s 2007 reading with Tyehimba Jess at the Poetry Center of Chicago:
A. Van Jordan begins at 21:22 minutes.
Watch A. Van Jordan read some of his poetry:
In my car, driving through Black Mountain,
North Carolina, I listen to what
sounds like Doris Day shooting
heroin inside Sly Stone’s throat.
– A. Van Jordan, “‘Que Sera Sera'”
Read this interview with A. Van Jordan from storySouth:
http://www.storysouth.com/2013/09/interview-with-a-van-jordan.html
