Jayne Cortez (1936–2012)
Autor von Coagulations: New and Selected Poems
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From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Mitwirkender — 174 Exemplare
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Mitwirkender — 161 Exemplare
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Mitwirkender — 91 Exemplare
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Belladonna Elder Series 7: Cara Benson, Anne Waldman, Jayne Cortez — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Life is a killer [sound recording] — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1936-05-10
- Todestag
- 2012-12-28
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona, USA
- Sterbeort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Todesursache
- heart failure
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
Dakar, Senegal
Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA - Berufe
- poet
Activist - Beziehungen
- Coleman, Ornette (husband, divorced)
Coleman, Denardo (son)
Edwards, Melvin (husband) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- American Book Award (1980)
Langston Hughes Award
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On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems von 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.… (mehr)
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