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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: Maud Martha

    First published in 1953 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition maudmarthanovel00broo
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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 1973 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli00_7za
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  • Cover of: Illinois: Prentice Hall Literature

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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: Prentice Hall: Literature: Bronze

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition literature00pren_0
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  • Cover of: Maud Martha

    First published in 1953 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The United States in literature

    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Platinum

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite00babu_0
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  • Cover of: Sotheby's International Poetry competition: 1982 anthology

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Poetry of Black America: Anthology of the 20th Century

    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Near-Johannesburg Boy, and Other Poems

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Blacks

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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: A Broadside Treasury, 1965-1970

    First published in 1971 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing

    First published in 1975 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Family pictures.

    First published in 1970 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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Subjects
Poetry, African Americans, Fiction, American poetry, Classic Literature, History, American literature, Literature, Union, hanging, Children's fiction, Confederacy, Drama, Poetry (poetic works by one author), United States Civil War, short story, African American authors, American Civil War, American drama, Juvenile audience, Literary collections, Prisoners, Readers (Secondary), Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
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, Glendale College Library, Illinois River, Oklahoma, Ozark Mountains, Saint Louis, Tahlequah, kingdom by the sea, Florida, Fountain of Youth
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, Jim O'Connor, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor
Time
1861-1865, 19th century, American Civil War, 1861-65, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 20th century, 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
August 27, 2008 Edited by ImportBot Found a matching record from Western Washington University .