Rio Cortez | Golden Ax

TKE is thrilled to present an in-person event featuring NYT bestselling & award-winning author and poet, Rio Cortez, who will read from and discuss her collection of poetry, Golden Ax.

This event is free and open to the public and will take place on the bookshop patio. GET YOUR COPY NOW! Pre-order your signed copy of Golden Ax today, by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. Please specify if you will be attending the event and if you want your book personalized.

Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy of Golden Ax from The King’s English.

About the book:

From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, comes a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family’s history as “Afropioneers” in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures.

In poems that range from wry, tongue-in-cheek observations about contemporary life to more nuanced meditations on her ancestors—some of the earliest Black pioneers to settle in the western United States after Reconstruction—Golden Ax invites readers to re-imagine the West, Black womanhood, and the legacies that shape and sustain the pursuit of freedom.