rtez 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