{"product_id":"firespitter-paperback","title":"Firespitter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJayne Cortez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Busby\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSapphire\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited, comprehensive collection of renowned poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez's poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the jazz rhythms that inspired and punctuated her practice, Jayne Cortez improvised her way through and across disciplines, bridging poetry and performance with music and the visual arts to create a unique body of work. Consciously rupturing the boundaries between art and politics, Cortez's practice uneasily fits within literary movements of the 20th century, residing everywhere and nowhere between the Black Arts Movement, Surrealism, feminism, and early performance art. As intersectional as it is interdisciplinary, her work is consistently visceral and fearless, acting as a powerful expression of collective rage on behalf of the disenfranchised and dispossessed. In the words of historian Robin D.G. Kelley, \"her poetry was never 'protest' but a complete revolt, a clarion call for a new way of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJayne Cortez (1934-2012) was an African American poet, performing artist, publisher, and activist who remains widely celebrated for her political, surrealist, and dynamic innovations in language, lyricism, and visceral sound. Taking a stand against discrimination, exploitation, and ecological devastation, Cortez's work and life probed those issues poetically and politically. As a multifaceted artist, she published a dozen volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eOn the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(2008); \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Book \u003c\/i\u003e(2007); \u003ci\u003eJazz Fan Looks Back \u003c\/i\u003e(2002); \u003ci\u003eSomewhere in Advance of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); and \u003ci\u003eCoagulations: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(1982); \u003ci\u003ePoetic Magnetic \u003c\/i\u003e(1991); \u003ci\u003eFirespitter\u003c\/i\u003e (1982); \u003ci\u003eMouth on Paper\u003c\/i\u003e (1977); \u003ci\u003eScarifications\u003c\/i\u003e (1973); and\u003ci\u003e Pissstained Stairs and the Monkey Man's Wares\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), performed her own poems with music on ten recordings, and was the driving force behind several international conferences that combined her artistic and political concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153529700415,"sku":"9781643622323","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/R30j1iWJaa9781643622323.webp?v=1776948319","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/firespitter-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}