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Gwendolyn Brooks

Born

in Topeka, Kansas, The United States

June 07, 1917

Died

December 03, 2000

Website

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/broo...

Genre

Poetry, Children's

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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Annie Allen and one of the most celebrated Black poets. She also served as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress—the first Black woman to hold that position. She was the poet laureate for the state of Illinois for over thirty years, a National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee, and the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works include We Are Shining, Bronzeville Boys and Girls, A Street in Bronzeville, In the Mecca, The Bean Eaters, and Maud Martha.

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Gwendolyn Brooks’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 10,590 ratings · 1,319 reviews · 135 distinct works • Similar authors

	Maud Martha 4.10 avg rating — 3,770 ratings — published 1953 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.20 avg rating — 2,828 ratings — published 1963 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks: (American Poets Project #19) by Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blacks 4.48 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Street in Bronzeville 4.34 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1945 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks, Faith Ringgold (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 1956 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Real Cool 4.21 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annie Allen 4.14 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Mecca 4.36 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bean Eaters 4.34 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1950 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks (?)

“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
― Gwendolyn Brooks

tags: humanity, understanding, unity

1093 likes

“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
― Gwendolyn Brooks, Report from Part One

tags: battles, living, poetry

1072 likes

“Writing is a delicious agony.”
― Gwendolyn Brooks

tags: writing

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What should be our February Group Read? (Open Choice)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

18 votes 15.5%

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

14 votes 12.1%

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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The Waves by Virginia Woolf

7 votes 6.0%

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

6 votes 5.2%

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

5 votes 4.3%

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

5 votes 4.3%

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

5 votes 4.3%

Wise Children by Angela Carter

4 votes 3.4%

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4 votes 3.4%

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

4 votes 3.4%

The Outlander by Gil Adamson

3 votes 2.6%

Sing What You Cannot Say by Cathy Raymond

3 votes 2.6%

The Vagabond by Colette

3 votes 2.6%

America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins

3 votes 2.6%

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

3 votes 2.6%

The Bell by Iris Murdoch

3 votes 2.6%

The Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay

3 votes 2.6%

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

2 votes 1.7%

Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 by Marie Vassiltchikov

2 votes 1.7%

Dark Fires Shall Burn by Anna Westbrook

2 votes 1.7%

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

1 vote 0.9%

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

1 vote 0.9%

Believing Is Seeing: Seven Stories by Diana Wynne Jones

1 vote 0.9%

The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics

1 vote 0.9%

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley

0 votes 0.0%

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

0 votes 0.0%

Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes by Gerd Brantenberg

0 votes 0.0%

Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

0 votes 0.0%

Inconsistent Love by Kiera

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