Conversations With Gwendolyn Brooks
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Conversations With Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2003
Conversations With Gwendolyn Brooks written by Gwendolyn Brooks and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Collections categories.
A collection of interviews which help chronicle the life and career of African-American author Gwendolyn Brooks.
Exquisite
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Author : Suzanne Slade
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2020-04-07
Exquisite written by Suzanne Slade and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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.
A Life Of Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : George E. Kent
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 1990
A Life Of Gwendolyn Brooks written by George E. Kent and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Conversations With Natasha Trethewey
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Author : Joan Wylie Hall
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2013-09
Conversations With Natasha Trethewey written by Joan Wylie Hall and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Collected interviews with the United States Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Domestic Work, Beyond Katrina, and Thrall
In The Mecca
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Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1968
In The Mecca written by Gwendolyn Brooks and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with African American families categories.
This was the Pulitzer Prize-winner's first new collection of poetry after a gap of nearly ten years. "I was to be a Watchful Eye; a Tuned Ear; a Super-reporter," Brooks said. "I began writing about whatever I thought I knew, whatever I experienced." What she knew and experienced in those years resulted in poetry charged with a new power and urgency. The book takes its title from a long narrative poem set in a huge decayed apartment house in Chicago's black ghetto, a building called the Mecca. A tragedy in the Mecca gives rise to Brooks' extraordinary poetic evocation of its dense personal miseries and sense of life. Nine shorter poems follow, and these too, in large part, have their source in contemporary figures and circumstances: Medgar Evers and Malcolm X, "the Blackstone Rangers gang," the astonishing prideful mural painted on a ghetto wall one summer. The universality that transcends the immediate event, and is the mark of poetic sensibility, distinguishes all the poetry here. Gwendolyn Brooks' stature as a poet who "induces almost unbearable excitement"--As Phyllis McGinley described her--is here enriched by the new dimensions her work encompasses.--Adapted from book jacket.
A Life Of Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : George Kent
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-07-11
A Life Of Gwendolyn Brooks written by George Kent and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the first full-scale biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, one of America's major poets. George E. Kent, a longtime friend and literary associate of the poet in Chicago, was given exclusive access to Brooks' early notebooks, which she kept from the age of seven. Kent also interviewed Brooks, her mother, and other family members in Chicago and elsewhere. He scoured records and correspondence with her publishers, editors, and agent. He participated in the poet's literary enterprises and in her wide circle of literary and family friends. The study reveals intimate acquaintance with the Harlem Renaissance, with the Chicago literary scene and its leading figures from the thirties on, with historical developments in black culture and consciousness, and with the significant figures and activities that impressed the poet's life and art. It places Brooks' work in the context of the civil rights movement, the black arts movement, and black nationalism. Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950 for Annie Allen and is today widely recognized as one of the nation's leading poets, yet her work has received less than its due from mainstream critics. Kent's authoritative book has been one step in correcting that neglect.
A Song For Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : Alice Faye Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Release Date : 2020-02-28
A Song For Gwendolyn Brooks written by Alice Faye Duncan and has been published by Union Square & Co. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-28 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
“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.
Religious Allusion In The Poetry Of Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : Margot Harper Banks
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-08-07
Religious Allusion In The Poetry Of Gwendolyn Brooks written by Margot Harper Banks and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Author : Jill C. Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: ABDO & Daughters
Release Date : 1997
Gwendolyn Brooks written by Jill C. Wheeler and has been published by ABDO & Daughters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A biography of the African American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 and whose poems reflect the experiences of African Americans.
The Breakbeat Poets
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Author : Kevin Coval
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2015-04-07
The Breakbeat Poets written by Kevin Coval and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-07 with Poetry categories.
A first-of-its-kind anthology of hip-hop poetica written for and by the people.