About Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an African-American poet. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas to Keziah Wims Brooks and David Anderson Brooks. Brooks' mother was a former school teacher who left teaching for marriage and motherhood, and her father, the son of a runaway slave who fought in the Civil War, had given up his ambition to attend medical school to work as a janitor. When Brooks was only six weeks old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up.
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Kitchenette
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Old Laughter
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We Real Cool
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Beverly Hills, Chicago
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The Preacher Ruminates
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Song of the Front Yard
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The Children of the Poor (Sonnet No.2)
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A Song In The Front Yard
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Kitchenette Building
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The Mother
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The Near-Johannesburg Boy
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An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct
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Beyond the Blues a4
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A Sunset of the City
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Tiger Who Wore White Gloves
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The Children Of The Poor, Sonnet 2
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Essential American Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks
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The Bean Eaters
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The Lovers of the Poor
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Song in the Front Yard, A
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Gwendolyn Brooks - Kichenette Building
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One Wants A Teller In A Time Like This
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Gwendolyn Brooks - Three Sonnets From "The Children Of The Poor"
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Gwendolyn Brooks - The Preacher Ruminates Behind The Sermon
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Of DeWitt Williams on his way to the Lincoln Cemetery
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Essential American Poets
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Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward
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Gwendolyn Brooks - The Ballad Of Rudolph Reed
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Introduction To "We Real Cool"
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Sadie And Maud
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My Dreams, My Works, Must Wait Till After Hell
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The Vacant Lot
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The Independent Man
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The Sermon On The Warpland
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Riot
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The Crazy Woman
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Malcolm X
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The Children Of the Poor
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The Lovers of the Poor By Gwendolyn Brooks
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Queen Of The Blues
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The Children Of The Poor- Sonnet Two
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When You Have Forgotten Sunday: The Love Story
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Leaves From A Loose-Leaf War Diary
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Inspirations Of Cool Pt.1
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Matthew Cole
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The Sundays Of Satin-Legs Smith
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The Parents: People Like Our Marriage Maxie And Andrew
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A Man Of The Middle Class
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The Near-Johannesburg Boy (Continued)
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