Rio Cortez
Rio Cortez is an American poet, children's book author, and essayist, best known for her children's book The ABCs of Black History (2020), and her poetry collection Golden Ax (2022), which was shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry, the PEN America Open Book Award, and the Norma Farber First Book Award.
Books
Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation
2019
ISBN 9781733241502
ABCs of Women's History
2025
ISBN 9781523523290
I Have Learned to Define a Field As a Space Between Mountains
2016
ISBN 9781940806099
The ABCs of Black History
2020
ISBN 9781523511815
Blue Velvet Chair
2025
ISBN 9781665912600