Gwendolyn Brooks

An American poet and the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize; Brooks’s poetry often includes elements of the natural world alongside her explorations of urban life and identity.

Posts by Gwendolyn Brooks

• Gwendolyn Brooks - the Bean Eaters
• Gwendolyn Brooks - We are the seed
• Gwendolyn Brooks - We Real Cool
• Gwendolyn Brooks - The Straw
• Gwendolyn Brooks - The Mother
• Gwendolyn Brooks - The Blackstone Rangers
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Summer Song
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Sons of the Profound
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Night Song
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Joy
• Gwendolyn Brooks - In the Mecca
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Hymn
• Gwendolyn Brooks - First Fight Then Fiddle
• Gwendolyn Brooks - Annie Allen
• Gwendolyn Brooks - A Sunset of a Summer Day