Cortez, Jayne

(b. 1936), literary and performance poet, significant figure in the development of jazz-poetry readings and recordings, director, and publisher.
Cortez, Jayne

(b. 1936), literary and performance poet, significant figure in the development of jazz-poetry readings and recordings, director, and publisher.
- Michelle J. Wilkinson
A version of this article originally appeared in The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature.