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Gwendolyn Brooks

7 June 1917 - 3 December 2000

An American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community (Wikipedia).

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  • Cover of: street in Bronzeville.

    First published in 1945 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1949 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1953 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1953 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition maudmarthanovel00broo
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    First published in 1956 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bronzeville Boys and Girls

    First published in 1956 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bronzevilleboys100broo
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  • Cover of: The Bean Eaters

    First published in 1960 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Selected poems

    First published in 1963 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition selectedpoems0000broo Cover of edition essentialgwendol0000broo Cover of edition selectedpoems100broo
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

    First published in 1963 5 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000paul Cover of edition unitedstatesinli00blai Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000walt Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000robe_m8w1
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  • Cover of: In the time of detachment, in the time of cold, 1965

    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: We real cool

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Portion of that field: the centennial of the burial of Lincoln

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: In Montgomery, and other poems

    First published in 1967 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The wall: for Edward Christmas

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In the Mecca: poems

    First published in 1968 1 edition
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  • Cover of: For Illinois, 1968: a sesquicentennial poem.

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In the Mecca: poems.

    First published in 1968 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1969 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Poetry, American poetry, African Americans, Fiction, African American authors, American literature, Classic Literature, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Children's fiction, Union, hanging, Confederacy, Drama, Literary collections, Literature, United States Civil War, short story, African American poets, American Civil War, American drama, History and criticism, Juvenile audience, Prisoners, Readers (Secondary)
Places
United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Milford meeting house, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Missouri, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Chicago (Ill.), Glendale College Library, Illinois, Illinois River, Oklahoma, Ozark Mountains, Saint Louis, Tahlequah, kingdom by the sea
People
Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Devil, Elizabeth, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Hooper, Richards, Abigail Williams, Amanda Wingfield, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, Ethelred, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-), Jim O'Connor, John Hale, John Hathorne
Time
1861-1865, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 20th century, 1692, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 20th Century, 1600s, Civil War, December, carnival

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  • Gwendolyn BROOKS
  • Gwendolyn 1917- Brooks

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July 4, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
June 12, 2017 Edited by JeffKaplan merge authors
June 7, 2017 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio & Wikipedia link added
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import