January 16, 2013
I hope this inspires you to check out more of Jayne Cortez’s performances on YouTube!
“Find your own voice & use it, use your own voice, and find it
The sounds of drizzle on dry leaves are not like sounds of insults between pedestrians
Those women laughing in the window do not sound like air conditioners on the brink”
Born and raised in Los Angeles, performance poetJayne Cortez died at the close of 2012 in NYC, having found her own voice and using it throughout her long life, writing, publishing, and performing poetry that addressed racial and sexual oppression. The 2010 video above features her performing with Denardo Coleman, her son with Ornette Coleman.
Related articles
- Jayne Cortez obituary (guardian.co.uk)
- Poetess Jayne Cortez dies (dearkitty1.wordpress.com)
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