On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems

Poetry. African American Studies. "Cortez has been and continues to be an explorer, probing the valleys and chasms of human existence. No ravine is too perilous, no abyss too threatening for Jayne Cortez."—Maya Angelou"If you haven't read Jayne Cortez, you're missing some of the best that life has to offer. A compellingly original voice of fire and freedom."—Franklin Rosemont"Jayne Cortez's poems are filled with images that most of us are afraid to see."—Walter Mosley