Author: Suzanne Slade
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.
Exquisite
Author: Suzanne Slade
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.
A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
Author: George E. Kent
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813128009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813128009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher: American Poets Project
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Presents more than eighty poems spanning the career of twentieth-century African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, which explore life on Chicago's south side.
Publisher: American Poets Project
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Presents more than eighty poems spanning the career of twentieth-century African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, which explore life on Chicago's south side.
Blacks
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780883781050
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Presents a collection of the author's poetry and prose.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780883781050
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Presents a collection of the author's poetry and prose.
A Street in Bronzeville
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598533819
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the most accomplished and acclaimed poets of the last century, the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first black woman to serve as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the forerunner of the U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, in an exclusive Library of America E-Book Classic edition, is her groundbreaking first book of poems, a searing portrait of Chicago’s South Side. “I wrote about what I saw and heard in the street,” she later said. “There was my material.”
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598533819
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the most accomplished and acclaimed poets of the last century, the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first black woman to serve as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the forerunner of the U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, in an exclusive Library of America E-Book Classic edition, is her groundbreaking first book of poems, a searing portrait of Chicago’s South Side. “I wrote about what I saw and heard in the street,” she later said. “There was my material.”
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
Author: Alice Faye Duncan
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454941642
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
“A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for all elementary collections.” —School Library Journal (Starred review) “The combination of biography and Brooks' own poems makes for a strong, useful, and beautiful text . . . A solid introduction to a brilliant writer”—Kirkus. Acclaimed writer Alice Faye Duncan tells the story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. SING a song for Gwendolyn Brooks. Sing it loud—a Chicago blues. With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn’s life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success.
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454941642
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
“A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for all elementary collections.” —School Library Journal (Starred review) “The combination of biography and Brooks' own poems makes for a strong, useful, and beautiful text . . . A solid introduction to a brilliant writer”—Kirkus. Acclaimed writer Alice Faye Duncan tells the story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. SING a song for Gwendolyn Brooks. Sing it loud—a Chicago blues. With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn’s life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success.
Annie Allen
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578065752
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A collection of interviews which help chronicle the life and career of African-American author Gwendolyn Brooks.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578065752
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A collection of interviews which help chronicle the life and career of African-American author Gwendolyn Brooks.
Report from Part One
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The author relates the events of her life to her ongoing struggle to freely express the ideas and emotions of an African-American poet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The author relates the events of her life to her ongoing struggle to freely express the ideas and emotions of an African-American poet
Riot
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description