An edition of Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers
(2007)
Gwendolyn Brooks and working writers
by Jacqueline Bryant and Jacqueline K. Bryant
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Seventeen writers, educators, and close friends of the late poet contribute their praise through this collection of brief anecdotes from actual encounters with Gwendolyn Brooks. The contributors relate the poet's influences on their art, their lives, and the world; expressing their indebtedness for the revolutionary language of her poems, her universal maternity, and her outstanding kindness. Some of Brook's most influential poems are included such that this tribute keeps her words and wisdom alive.
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Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers
June 1, 2007, Third World Press
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Table of Contents
Thoughts on Gwendolyn Brooks / Sam Greenlee
Gwendolyn Brooks, friend and mentor / D.H. Melhem
From "Satin Legs" to satin touch : for Gwendolyn Brooks / Mwatubu S. Okantah
Memories of Gwendolyn Brooks / Useni Eugene Perkins
Georgia, New Jersey, Vietnam, Gwendolyn Brooks : reflections / L.E. Scott
Homage to Gwendolyn Brooks, our pride and joy / Dorothy Randall Tsuruta
Remembering Ms. Brooks : a lesson in patience and persistence / Shirley N. Weber
Fanfare for the common poet / Regina Harris Baiocchi
Remembrance of Gwendolyn / Margaret T. Burroughs
Just wanted to keep in touch / Gwendolyn A. Mitchell
A childless mother, or, reflections on motherhood : Gwendolyn Brooks' "The mother" / Georgene Bess Montgomery
Gwendolyn Brooks : an appreciation / Paule Marshall
Gwendolyn Brooks as the bridge over the generations / Molefi Kete Asante
Gwendolyn Brooks : leaving her mark on us / Joanne V. Gabbin
No waste : Gwendolyn Brooks's last workshop / Quraysh Ali Lansana
So the world might continue : in praise of Gwendolyn Brooks / Maggie Anderson
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks / Adele S. Newson-Horst.
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