Cortez, Jayne (Personal Name)

Her Pissstained stairs and the monkey man's wares, 1969.

Her Coagulations, c1984: CIP t.p. (Jayne Cortez) data sheet (b. 5/10/36)

Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 31, 2012 (Jayne Cortez; b. May 10, 1936, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; d. Dec. 28, 2012, New York; African-American poet, activist, small press publisher, and spoken-word performance artist)

New York times WWW site, Jan. 4, 2013 (in obituary published Jan. 3: Jayne Cortez; b. Sallie Jayne Richardson, May 10, 1934, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. (the year of her birth is often misreported as 1936); Jayne Richardson took the surname Cortez, the maiden name of her maternal grandmother, early in her artistic career; d. Dec. 28, Manhattan, aged 78)

African American National Biography, accessed December 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cortez, Jayne; poet; performance artist. He was born 1936 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, United States; attended Compton Junior College; studied drama at Ebony Showcase in Los Angeles; was informally educated in African American music and oral traditions; in 1964 Cortez cofounded the Watts Repertory Theater Company; served as artistic director of the company until 1970; in 1969 published her first poetry collection, Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares; founded Bola Press; founded the Organization of Women Writers of Africa; poems remained committed to music; she wrote about oppression and revolution, love, and sexuality; recieved the American Book Award in 1980. He died 28 December 2012 in New York, New York, United States)