World of Gwendolyn Brooks
World of Gwendolyn Brooks: A street in Bronzeville; Anne Allen; Maud Martha; The Bean Eaters; In the Mecca. 1971 Harper & Row, first edition, 416 pages. Brooks was a poet, novelist, and teacher and was the first black poet to win the Pulitzer in 1950. According to the Poetry Foundation: "Her body of work gave her, according to critic George E. Kent, 'a unique position in American letters. Not only has she combined a strong commitment to racial identity and equality with a mastery of poetic techniques, but she has also managed to bridge the gap between the academic poets of her generation in the 1940s and the young Black militant writers of the 1960s.'” This volume includes five of her major works, including her novel Maud Martha.
Condition: Jacket Good-, tear at back flap, clipped, book Good +, some wear
"He was born in Alabama
He was bred in Illinois
He was nothing but a
Plain black boy."
World of Gwendolyn Brooks: A street in Bronzeville; Anne Allen; Maud Martha; The Bean Eaters; In the Mecca. 1971 Harper & Row, first edition, 416 pages. Brooks was a poet, novelist, and teacher and was the first black poet to win the Pulitzer in 1950. According to the Poetry Foundation: "Her body of work gave her, according to critic George E. Kent, 'a unique position in American letters. Not only has she combined a strong commitment to racial identity and equality with a mastery of poetic techniques, but she has also managed to bridge the gap between the academic poets of her generation in the 1940s and the young Black militant writers of the 1960s.'” This volume includes five of her major works, including her novel Maud Martha.
Condition: Jacket Good-, tear at back flap, clipped, book Good +, some wear
"He was born in Alabama
He was bred in Illinois
He was nothing but a
Plain black boy."