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Author:

Hill, Christine M.

Title:

Gwendolyn Brooks : "poetry is life distilled" / Christine M. Hill.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Brooks, Gwendolyn,--1917-2000--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American poets--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Brooks, Gwendolyn,--1917-2000.
Poets, American--Biography.
African American poets--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-125) and index.

Contents:

Pulitzer prize -- Sparkly childhood -- "You have talent" -- Daughter of the dusk -- Wife, mother, poet -- Portrait of Bronzeville -- "Poets who are Negroes" -- Time of the tall walkers -- Into the whirlwind -- Furious flower -- poet laureate -- Chronology -- Books by Gwendolyn Brooks -- Chapter notes -- Further reading and internet addresses -- Index.

Summary:

Profiles the life and career of the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Series:

African-American biography library

ISBN:

9780766022928 (hdbk.)
0766022927 (hdbk.)

LCCN:

2004016801

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)