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    9 Afro-Latinx Writers Reshaping the Poetry Landscape, Popsugar 

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    Denene Millner at S&S/Denene Millner Books has bought in a two-book deal, at auction, The River Is My Sea by Rio Cortez, PW Children's Bookshelf

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    "Penguin Inks Cortez to Double", Publishers Weekly

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    "2 Picture Books Celebrate the Poetry and Promise of Black Lives", The New York Times Book Review 

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    "Rio Cortez is Bringing Black History into your Child's Library", Babe by Hatch

     

    "Being Mama: Rio Cortez" profile on The Tot

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    How Black Parents Survived 2020, The New York Times

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    Mother Essentials: Rio Cortez, MOTHER Magazine

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    Author takes families on an educational journey in "The ABC's of Black History", CBS Austin

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    Rio Cortez on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books Podcast with Zibby Owens

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    "Rio Cortez Joins HarperCollins, Focusing on BIPOC Books & Authors", Shelf Awareness

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    Starred Kirkus review for The ABCs of Black History

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    Publisher's Weekly review for The ABCs of Black History

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    Interview and The ABCs of Black History preview with Anaira's Bookshelf

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    In Their Own Words: Poetry Society of America "Rio Cortez on "UFO, For Instance"

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