And she wrote about regular folks who lived in the 'kitchenette apartments' as they were called then of Chicago's great South Side. Poet Quarysh Ali Lansana studied with Brooks in Chicago. He says that her poetry offered windows through which most Americans had not looked. These were the folks who were trying to get to the next meal, trying to make it to work the next day, trying to raise healthy children. Alexander and Lansana discuss the breakthroughs Brooks made in her early poetry.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, Tin flatware. Riverdeep salutes Black H istory Month with a series of multimedia features. The Negro Leagues provided an important chapter in baseball and American history. The Story of Brother Blue Storyteller Brother Blue brings the classics to the streets. Besides providing windows into black domestic life, Brooks also shook readers with her tough depictions of urban problems.