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Jayne Cortez: one last word

On February 6th, professor Gus John joined Jayne Cortez’s friends and fellow poets, writers and performers in New York to celebrate her life and work. Here’s Gus John’s tribute, which was read out during the ceremony:  Share/Bookmark...

Gus John joins Jayne Cortez celebration

It was a huge honour to be invited to join Jayne Cortez’s friends and fellow poets, writers and performers at the celebration of her life in New York on Wednesday, 6 February 2013. The celebration took place in a most fitting venue, the Great Hall of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and
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Jayne Cortez: one last tribute

We mourn our sister’s passing and give the Creator thanks for her purposeful and inspirational life that enriched us so very much and made us so much stronger and more resolute in struggle. She was in every sense a kindred spirit and a clarion voice, making the medium of poetry work in ways that many
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Jayne Cortez: A Star is Dimmed

It is with profound sadness that I write about the passing of Jayne Cortez, globally renowned poet and cultural activist and a dear friend of the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books and its successor, the George Padmore Institute. I was a member of the Book Fair organizing committee and a
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