Jayne Cortez

12 books

Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa by Kwame Dawes, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Martín Espada, Kadija Sesay, Pascale Petit, Chris Abani, Benjamin Zephaniah, Fred D'Aguiar, Chenjerai Hove, Jayne Cortez, Paulo da Costa, Helon Habila, Syl Cheney Coker, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Niyi Osundare, Sarah Maguire, Nathalie Handal, Moniza Alvi, Amiri Baraka, Lemn Sissay

Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa

Kwame Dawes, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Martín Espada, Kadija Sesay, Pascale Petit, Chris Abani, Benjamin Zephaniah, Fred D'Aguiar, Chenjerai Hove, Jayne Cortez, Paulo da Costa, Helon Habila, Syl Cheney Coker, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Niyi Osundare, Sarah Maguire, Nathalie Handal, Moniza Alvi, Amiri Baraka, Lemn Sissay

200 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems by Jayne Cortez

On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems

Jayne Cortez

131 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction poetry informative lighthearted slow-paced
Coagulations: New and Selected Poems by Jayne Cortez
Coagulations: New and Selected Poems
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Jayne Cortez

Coagulations: New and Selected Poems

Jayne Cortez

114 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction poetry informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Elders Series #7 by Jayne Cortez, Anne Waldman, Cara Benson
Elders Series #7
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Jayne Cortez, Anne Waldman, Cara Benson

Elders Series #7

Jayne Cortez, Anne Waldman, Cara Benson

66 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective medium-paced
Festivals and Funerals by Jayne Cortez
Festivals and Funerals
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Jayne Cortez

Festivals and Funerals

Jayne Cortez

41 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

informative inspiring medium-paced
Firespitter by Jayne Cortez

Firespitter

Jayne Cortez

480 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry
Free Spirits: Annals Of The Insurgent Imagination by Paul Buhle
Free Spirits: Annals Of The Insurgent Imagination
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Paul Buhle

Free Spirits: Annals Of The Insurgent Imagination

Paul Buhle

missing page info • first pub 1982 (editions)

A Jazz Fan Looks Back by Jayne Cortez
A Jazz Fan Looks Back
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Jayne Cortez

A Jazz Fan Looks Back

Jayne Cortez

116 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Maverick Poets: An Anthology by Naomi Lazard, Steve Kowit, Wanda Coleman, Sharon Olds, Dan Propper, Laurel Ann Bogen, Judy Grahn, Harold Norse, Alta, LoVerne Brown, Jana Harris, Joanne Kyger, Phillip Lopate, Simon Ortiz, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kim Addonizio, Hank Malone, Jayne Cortez, David Kirby, Stephen Dobyns, Raymond Carver, Marion Cohen, Charles Bukowski, José Montoya, Jack Grapes, Frank Bidart, Billy Collins, Karen Snow, Dorianne Laux, Gregory Corso, Austin Straus, Edward Field, Laurie Duesing, Al Zolynas, Ron Koertge, Diane di Prima, Antler, Gerald Locklin, Gary Snyder

The Maverick Poets: An Anthology

Naomi Lazard, Steve Kowit, Wanda Coleman, Sharon Olds, Dan Propper, Laurel Ann Bogen, Judy Grahn, Harold Norse, Alta, LoVerne Brown, Jana Harris, Joanne Kyger, Phillip Lopate, Simon Ortiz, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kim Addonizio, Hank Malone, Jayne Cortez, David Kirby, Stephen Dobyns, Raymond Carver, Marion Cohen, Charles Bukowski, José Montoya, Jack Grapes, Frank Bidart, Billy Collins, Karen Snow, Dorianne Laux, Gregory Corso, Austin Straus, Edward Field, Laurie Duesing, Al Zolynas, Ron Koertge, Diane di Prima, Antler, Gerald Locklin, Gary Snyder

146 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction poetry informative medium-paced
Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man’s Wares by Jayne Cortez
Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man’s Wares
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Jayne Cortez

Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man’s Wares

Jayne Cortez

51 pages • missing pub info (editions)