Jayne Cortez

Jayne Cortez (10 de mayo de 1934[1] - 28 de diciembre de 2012) fue una poeta afroamericana, activista y artista de performance[2] de la palabra hablada cuya voz se celebra por sus innovaciones políticas, surrealistas y dinámicas con lirismo y sonido visceral. Su escritura es parte del canon del Movimiento de Artes Negras.

Libros de poesía
  • On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems. Hanging Loose Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-931236-99-7.
  • The Beautiful Book. Bola Press. 2007. ISBN 9780960806287.
  • Jazz Fan Looks Back. 2002. ISBN 978-1-931236-10-2.
  • Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere. Serpent's Tail/High Risk Books. 1997. ISBN 1852424222.
  • Fragments: Sculpture and Drawings from the "Lynch Fragment" Series by Melvin Edwards, with the Poetry of Jayne Cortez. Bola Press. 1994. ISBN 1852424222.
  • Poetic Magnetic: Poems from Everywhere Drums & Maintain Control. Bola Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-9608062-6-3.
  • Coagulations: New and Selected Poems. Pluto. 1984. ISBN 978-0-7453-0078-8.
  • Firespitter, Bola Press (1982)
  • Mouth on Paper, Bola Press (1977)
  • Scarifications, Bola Press (1973)
  • Festivals and Funerals, Bola Press (1971)
  • Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares, Phrase Text (1969)

Discografía
  • 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)

Videos
  • Find Your Own Voice (Sanctuary TV, 2010)[4]
  • She Got He Got (Sanctuary TV, 2010)[5]
  • I'm Gonna Shake (Sanctuary TV, 2010)[6]

Filmografía
  • Femmes du Jazz/Women in Jazz (2000)[7]
  • Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (1999)[8]
  • Ornette: Made in America (1985)[9]
  • Poetry in Motion (1982)[10]

Referencias
  1. Fox, Margalit. "Jayne Cortez, Jazz Poet, Dies at 78", New York Times. January 3, 2013.
  2. "Jayne Cortez", poets.org
  3. Taking the Blues Back Home en AllMusic
  4. Jayne Cortez, "Find Your Own Voice." en YouTube.
  5. Jayne Cortez, "She Got He Got." en YouTube.
  6. Jayne Cortez, "I'm Gonna Shake." en YouTube.
  7. Femmes du Jazz/Women in Jazz (2000), FMP. (enlace roto disponible en Internet Archive; véase el historial, la primera versión y la última).
  8. Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (1999), IMDb.
  9. Ornette: Made in America (1985), IMDb.
  10. Poetry in Motion (1982), IMDb.

Enlaces externos
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