Jayne Cortez is one of a long line of women poets who chose the medium of jazz as a background for their work. more prophetesses than mere poets, this elder generation of women like jayne cortez, wanda robinson and sarah webster fabio, and today's younger generation like ursula rucker and dana bryant tell it like it is, like it was, like it might be, like it should be. their words are often shocking, both beautiful and ugly, full of imagery a far cry from poetry that is merely pretty words strung together.

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