Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

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Literary criticism

Burr, Zofia. "Reading Gwendolyn Brooks across Audiences," in Of Women, Poetry, and Power (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2002). Publisher's web site.

Clarke, Cheryl. "The Loss of Lyric Space in Gwendolyn Brooks's 'In the Mecca,' in After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement (Rutgers Univ. Press). At Google Books.

Cummings, Allison. "Public Subjects: Race and the Critical Reception of Gwendolyn Brooks, Erica Hunt, and Harryette Mullen" in Frontiers, 2005.

Debo, Annette. "Reflecting violence in the warpland: Gwendolyn Brooks's Riot." African American Review, Spring-Summer, 2005.

Flynn, Richard. "The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood - Critical Essay, African American Review, Fall, 2000.

Jimoh, A. Yemisi. A substantial introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks from the Literary Encyclopedia.

Kent, George. Publisher's page for A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1990).

Jimoh, A. Yemisi. "Double Consciousness, Modernism, and Womanist Themes in Gwendolyn Brooks's 'The Anniad,'" in MELUS, Fall 1998 (taken offline at findarticles.com).

Lowney, John. "'A material collapse that is construction': History and Counter-Memory in Gwendolyn Brooks's In the Mecca," in MELUS, Fall, 1998 (taken offline at findarticles.com).

Wright, Stephen Caldwell (ed.) A review of On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation. (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1996). Reviewed in MELUS, Fall, 1998 by Terence Allan Hoagwood (taken offline at findarticles.com).

Introduction

An introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions on "We Real Cool" ; On "The Ballad of Rudolph Reed" ; On "Gay Chaps at the Bar" ; An Essay on "Gay Chaps at the Bar" by Susan Schweik ; On "To the Diaspora" ; An Essay on "Gay Chaps at the Bar" by James Smethurst ; On "of De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery" ; On "The Boy Died in My Alley" ; Online Interviews with Brooks ; About The Black Arts Movement ; About World War II ; About the Sonnet ; Brooks Book Jackets. From the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois).

An extended, introduction for Gwendolyn Brooks, her themes and techniques, a list of her works and a secondary reading list, from the Poetry Foundation.

A biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, from the Gale Group.

Personal papers of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks join archives at UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library, 11 Jan 2001, press release.

Illinois poet Laureate, Gwendolyn Brooks. Introductory web page for Gwendolyn Brooks from the State of Illinois.

A very short biography of Gwendolyn Brooks from the National Women's Hall of Fame.

A discussion guide for Gwendolyn Brooks for students and teachers from textbook publisher Heath.

An introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks's life and writing, from Longman Publishers (removed).

Interviews, tributes

An interview with Gwendolyn Brooks by Denise Hawkins, from the Poetry Center at James Madison Univ. (taken offline).

A 1979 interview with Gwendolyn Brooks, published in The Artful Dodge

Gwendolyn Brooks's obituary from the NY Times.

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