Jayne Cortez (1936–2012)
Autore di Coagulations: New and Selected Poems
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press
Opere di Jayne Cortez
In A Stream of Ink 1 copia
Opere correlate
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Collaboratore — 172 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 159 copie
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Collaboratore — 89 copie
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
Belladonna Elder Series 7: Cara Benson, Anne Waldman, Jayne Cortez — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Life is a killer [sound recording] — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1936-05-10
- Data di morte
- 2012-12-28
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Dakar, Senegal
Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA - Attività lavorative
- poet
Activist - Relazioni
- Coleman, Ornette (husband, divorced)
Coleman, Denardo (son)
Edwards, Melvin (husband) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Book Award (1980)
Langston Hughes Award
Utenti
Recensioni
On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems di Jayne Cortez
If I could use prose to explain to you the mind-blowing, brain-bending power of some of these verses, then we wouldn't need poetry. Some things can't be adequately said in straight-line sentences marching into paragraphs. Some people use movement or music (or painting or poetry) to convey the otherwise unspeakable. Jayne Cortez does that in many of the verses collected here. This is an anthology of sorts, collecting new pieces along with gems from earlier publications dating back to the 1970s. It has inspired me to be sure to go back and read all of those previous books. And again I say that I cannot, other than by sharing the poems themselves, adequately inform you about them. You'll just have to read them yourself. I suggest that you do.… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
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- 14
- Utenti
- 128
- Popolarità
- #157,245
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 15