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Gwendolyn Brooks

(June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000 / Kansas)

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Although she was born on 7 June 1917 in Topeka, Kansas--the first child of David and Keziah Brooks--Gwendolyn Brooks is "a Chicagoan." The family moved to Chicago shortly after her birth, and despite her extensive travels and periods in some of the major universities of the country, she has remained associated with the city's South Side. What her strong family unit lacked in material wealth was made bearable by the wealth of human capital that resulted from warm interpersonal relationships. When she writes about families that--despite their daily adversities--are not dysfunctional, Gwendolyn Brooks writes from an intimate knowledge reinforced by her own life. more >>

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''They had never had one in the house before.
The strangeness of it all. Like unleashing
A lion, really. Poised
To pounce. A puma. A panther. A black
Bear.''

Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917), U.S. poet. "Bronzeville Woman in a Red Hat."

''The lariat lynch-wish I deplored./The loveliest lynchee was our Lord.''

Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917), African American poet and fiction writer. "The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock," lines 59-60 (1957). The C...

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Raj Sekhar (10/3/2007 2:13:00 AM)

wow. ithink u r real as nature.

Vikram Aarella - The Poem Shooter (5/18/2006 1:26:00 PM)

Gwendolyn Brooks has written some very nice poems.

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