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Exquisite

Author : Suzanne Slade

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 19,41 MB

Release : 2020-04-07

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1683354729

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A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.



Riot

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher :

Page : 30 pages

File Size : 40,5 MB

Release : 1970

Category : Poetry

ISBN :

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A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks

Author : Alice Faye Duncan

Publisher : Union Square & Co.

Page : 47 pages

File Size : 14,16 MB

Release : 2020-02-28

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1454941642

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“A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for all elementary collections.” —School Library Journal (Starred review) “The combination of biography and Brooks' own poems makes for a strong, useful, and beautiful text . . . A solid introduction to a brilliant writer”—Kirkus. Acclaimed writer Alice Faye Duncan tells the story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. SING a song for Gwendolyn Brooks. Sing it loud—a Chicago blues. With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn’s life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success.



Blacks

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher :

Page : 512 pages

File Size : 43,13 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780883781050

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Presents a collection of the author's poetry and prose.



A Street in Bronzeville

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher : Library of America

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 40,87 MB

Release : 2014-10-07

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1598533819

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Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the most accomplished and acclaimed poets of the last century, the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first black woman to serve as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the forerunner of the U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, in an exclusive Library of America E-Book Classic edition, is her groundbreaking first book of poems, a searing portrait of Chicago’s South Side. “I wrote about what I saw and heard in the street,” she later said. “There was my material.”



Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 32,32 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 9781578065752

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A collection of interviews which help chronicle the life and career of African-American author Gwendolyn Brooks.



Report from Part One

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher :

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 21,92 MB

Release : 1972

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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The author relates the events of her life to her ongoing struggle to freely express the ideas and emotions of an African-American poet



Annie Allen

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,6 MB

Release : 1949

Category : African American women

ISBN :

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Bronzeville Boys and Girls

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks

Publisher :

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 18,67 MB

Release : 2015-03-20

Category :

ISBN : 9781484447703

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A collection of illustrated poems that reflects the experiences and feelings of African American children living in big cities.



Religious Allusion in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks

Author : Margot Harper Banks

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 207 pages

File Size : 16,42 MB

Release : 2014-01-02

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0786490756

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This book examines how Gwendolyn Brooks, a self-proclaimed nonreligious person, advocates adherence to Christian ideals through religious allusions in her poetry. The discussion integrates Brooks' words, biographical data, commentary by other scholars, scriptural references, and doctrinal tenets. It identifies biblical figures and events and highlights Brooks' effective use of the sermon genre, and her express parallels between Christianity and Democracy. The work opens with a biographical chapter and Brooks' comments on religion, followed by analyses of her long poems, and more than thirty of her short ones. An illuminating interview with Nora Brooks Blakely about Brooks' religious background and philosophy is included.