Press

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

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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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I Have Learned to Define a Field As a Space Between Mountains reviewed in The Kenyon Review

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Cosmonauts Avenue, "Tiny Spills"

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Vida "Voices of Bettering American Poetry — Rio Cortez"

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