Jayne Cortez

Jayne Cortez
Biografía
Nacemento	(en) Sallie Jayne Richardson ; 10 de maio de 1934 ; Fort Huachuca, Estados Unidos de América (en)
Morte	28 de decembro de 2012 (78 anos); Manhattan, Estados Unidos de América
Datos persoais
País de nacionalidade	Estados Unidos de América
Grupo étnico	Afroamericano
Educación	Compton College
Actividade
Ocupación	poeta , activista , editora literaria
Período de actividade	1964 -
Xénero artístico	Jazz de vangarda
Lingua	Lingua inglesa
Selo discográfico	Verve Records
Familia
Fillos	Denardo Coleman (en)
	Premios (2001) Langston Hughes Medal (en) ; (1980) American Book Awards (en) ;
Páxina web	jaynecortez08.com

Jayne Cortez, nada en Fort Huachuca (Arizona) o 10 de maio de 1934^[1] e finada en Manhattan (Nova York) o 28 de decembro de 2012, foi unha poeta afroamericana, activista e artista de performance^[2] e do spoken word. Foi coñecida polas súas innovacións políticas, surrealistas e dinámicas con lirismo e son visceral. A súa escritura é parte do canon do Movemento de Artes Negras.

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Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares, Phrase Text (1969)
Festivals and Funerals, Bola Press (1971)
Scarifications, Bola Press (1973)
Mouth on Paper, Bola Press (1977)
Firespitter, Bola Press (1982)
Coagulations: New and Selected Poems (1984)
Poetic Magnetic: Poems from Everywhere Drums & Maintain Control (1991)
Fragments: Sculpture and Drawings from the "Lynch Fragment" Series by Melvin Edwards, with the Poetry of Jayne Cortez (1994)
Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere (1997)
Jazz Fan Looks Back (2002)
The Beautiful Book (2007)
On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems (2008)

As If You Knew (Bola Press, 2011)
Find Your Own Voice: Poetry and Music, 1982-2003 (Bola Press, 2004)
Borders of Disorderly Time (Bola Press, 2002)
Taking the Blues Back Home (Harmolodic/Verve, 1996)^[3]
Cheerful & Optimistic (Bola Press, 1994)
Poetry & Music: Women in (E)Motion Festival (Tradition & Moderne Musikproducktion, Germany, 1992)
Everywhere Drums (Bola Press, 1990)
There It Is (Bola Press, 1982)
Life is a Killer (compilation on Giorno Poetry Systems, 1982)
Poets Read their Contemporary Poetry: Before Columbus Foundation (Smithsonian Folkways, 1980)
Unsubmissive Blues (Bola Press, 1979)
Celebrations & Solitudes: The Poetry of Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis, Bassist (Strata-East, 1974)