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This list provides information about Gwendolyn Brooks' life, several of her poems, and some interpretations of these poems.
Updated on Jan 26, 13
Created on Nov 27, 09
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Read this biography of Gwendolyn Brooks provided by the Modern American Poetry website and originally published in The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature.
Brooks' poem "We Real Cool", inlcudes audio of Brooks reading the poem herself, from the Academy of American Poets site
Read this page for a short interview with Brooks about "We Real Cool" as well as other commentary.
Read the introductory information on this page as well as both poems, "A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, A Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon" and "The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till".
This is the companion website to a documentary that discusses the killing of Emmett Till, whom Brooks writes about in two of the poems we have read. After you have visited this site, read Brooks' poems about the event again. Does having more information help you better understand the poems?
Read "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Maintained by the Modern American Poetry website, this page explains what traditional a sonnet is.
This article, from a book by Prof. Emeritus Mort Rich of Montclair State University, offers some more thoughts and explanation on "The Bean Eaters."
Author Linda Sue Grimes argues that Brooks' poem "The Bean Eaters" is a variation on the sonnet. Read her comments and see what you think.
9 items | 151 visits
This list provides information about Gwendolyn Brooks' life, several of her poems, and some interpretations of these poems.
Updated on Jan 26, 13
Created on Nov 27, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: