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On Gwendolyn Brooks : reliant contemplation, edited by Stephen Caldwell Wright

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On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation collects reviews and essays on the art and career of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. While she is best known for her poetry, Brooks's essays, fiction, and children's collections have also drawn critical acclaim and are discussed in this volume. Brooks began her literary career writing verses for the Chicago Defender, a Black community newspaper serving the neighborhood in which she has spent much of her life. From this community come many of the images, parlances, and cadences that richly flavor her work. In 1968, she succeeded Carl Sandburg as Poet Laureate of Illinois. From her Pulitzer Prize-winning volume A Street in Bronzeville to later works such as In the Mecca, Brooks is recognized as an important and accessible voice in contemporary American letters. She has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and has served as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress. Wright's collection gathers essays and reviews from a remarkable range of sources, from long out-of-print journals to the New Yorker. Similarly, it draws from an eclectic group of writers, ranging from Eleanor Holmes Norton to Louis Simpson. Its essays and reviews reveal Brooks as a poet who, despite her vast knowledge and classical leanings, remains a voice of and for the people
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eng
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vii, 277 pages
Contents
  • pt. 1. Reviews. A Street in Bronzeville. Chicago Can Take Pride in New, Young Voice in Poetry / Paul Engle. Review of a Street in Bronzeville. Annie Allen. Cellini-Like Lyrics / J. Saunders Redding. Verse Chronicle / Rolfe Humphries. Still Remarkable. Bronze by Gold / Stanley Kunitz. Maud Martha. From Poet to Novelist. Soft Meditations / Henry F. Winslow. The Bean Eaters. From "Battle of the Books" / Nick Aaron Ford. Pity the Giants / Harvey Curtis Webster. Selected Poems. Taking the Poem by the Horns / Louis Simpson. A Long Reach, Strong Speech / Bruce Cutler. In the Mecca. Books That Look Out, Books That Look In / William Stafford. In the Mecca / M.L. Rosenthal. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. Making Beauty from Racial Anxiety / Addison Gayle, Jr. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks / Robert Farnsworth. Children Coming Home. Children Coming Home: A Tribute to Survival / Annye I. Refoe
  • pt. 2. Essays. Blacklisting Poets / James N. Johnson
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9780472104239
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On Gwendolyn Brooks : reliant contemplation
Title
On Gwendolyn Brooks
Title remainder
reliant contemplation
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edited by Stephen Caldwell Wright
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Language
eng
Summary
On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation collects reviews and essays on the art and career of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. While she is best known for her poetry, Brooks's essays, fiction, and children's collections have also drawn critical acclaim and are discussed in this volume. Brooks began her literary career writing verses for the Chicago Defender, a Black community newspaper serving the neighborhood in which she has spent much of her life. From this community come many of the images, parlances, and cadences that richly flavor her work. In 1968, she succeeded Carl Sandburg as Poet Laureate of Illinois. From her Pulitzer Prize-winning volume A Street in Bronzeville to later works such as In the Mecca, Brooks is recognized as an important and accessible voice in contemporary American letters. She has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and has served as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress. Wright's collection gathers essays and reviews from a remarkable range of sources, from long out-of-print journals to the New Yorker. Similarly, it draws from an eclectic group of writers, ranging from Eleanor Holmes Norton to Louis Simpson. Its essays and reviews reveal Brooks as a poet who, despite her vast knowledge and classical leanings, remains a voice of and for the people
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DLC
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no index present
LC call number
PS3503.R7244
LC item number
Z78 1996
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Wright, Stephen Caldwell
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  • Brooks, Gwendolyn
  • Brooks, Gwendolyn
  • Brooks, Gwendolyn
  • Women and literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • Women and literature
  • Gedichten
  • Amerikaans
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • United States
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On Gwendolyn Brooks : reliant contemplation, edited by Stephen Caldwell Wright
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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txt
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rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Reviews. A Street in Bronzeville. Chicago Can Take Pride in New, Young Voice in Poetry / Paul Engle. Review of a Street in Bronzeville. Annie Allen. Cellini-Like Lyrics / J. Saunders Redding. Verse Chronicle / Rolfe Humphries. Still Remarkable. Bronze by Gold / Stanley Kunitz. Maud Martha. From Poet to Novelist. Soft Meditations / Henry F. Winslow. The Bean Eaters. From "Battle of the Books" / Nick Aaron Ford. Pity the Giants / Harvey Curtis Webster. Selected Poems. Taking the Poem by the Horns / Louis Simpson. A Long Reach, Strong Speech / Bruce Cutler. In the Mecca. Books That Look Out, Books That Look In / William Stafford. In the Mecca / M.L. Rosenthal. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. Making Beauty from Racial Anxiety / Addison Gayle, Jr. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks / Robert Farnsworth. Children Coming Home. Children Coming Home: A Tribute to Survival / Annye I. Refoe -- pt. 2. Essays. Blacklisting Poets / James N. Johnson
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
vii, 277 pages
Isbn
9780472104239
Lccn
95040036
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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n
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  • (OCoLC)33243939
  • (OCoLC)ocm33243939
Label
On Gwendolyn Brooks : reliant contemplation, edited by Stephen Caldwell Wright
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Reviews. A Street in Bronzeville. Chicago Can Take Pride in New, Young Voice in Poetry / Paul Engle. Review of a Street in Bronzeville. Annie Allen. Cellini-Like Lyrics / J. Saunders Redding. Verse Chronicle / Rolfe Humphries. Still Remarkable. Bronze by Gold / Stanley Kunitz. Maud Martha. From Poet to Novelist. Soft Meditations / Henry F. Winslow. The Bean Eaters. From "Battle of the Books" / Nick Aaron Ford. Pity the Giants / Harvey Curtis Webster. Selected Poems. Taking the Poem by the Horns / Louis Simpson. A Long Reach, Strong Speech / Bruce Cutler. In the Mecca. Books That Look Out, Books That Look In / William Stafford. In the Mecca / M.L. Rosenthal. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. Making Beauty from Racial Anxiety / Addison Gayle, Jr. The World of Gwendolyn Brooks / Robert Farnsworth. Children Coming Home. Children Coming Home: A Tribute to Survival / Annye I. Refoe -- pt. 2. Essays. Blacklisting Poets / James N. Johnson
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
vii, 277 pages
Isbn
9780472104239
Lccn
95040036
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)33243939
  • (OCoLC)ocm33243939

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