Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.
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“Shows the old personal art, the look. Shows what
It showed at baseball. What it showed in school.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“I don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Remedial fears.
Muscular tears.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed at home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine-tooth comb.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Sweet is it, sweet is it
To sleep in the coolness
Of snug unawareness.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)