Gwendolyn Brooks and working writers
By: edited by Jacqueline I. Bryant.
Contributors: Bryant, Jacqueline K.; Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
Publisher: Third World Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780883782798
Subjects: Brooks, Gwendolyn, -- 1917-2000 -- Influence
Description: Seventeen writers, educators, and close friends of the late poet contribute their praise through this collection of brief anecdotes from actual encounters with Gwendolyn Brooks. The contributors relate the poet's influences on their art, their lives, and the world; expressing their indebtedness for the revolutionary language of her poems, her universal maternity, and her outstanding kindness. Some of Brook's most influential poems are included such that this tribute keeps her words and wisdom alive.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Thoughts on Gwendolyn Brooks / Sam Greenlee; title: Gwendolyn Brooks, friend and mentor / D.H. Melhem; title: From "Satin Legs" to satin touch : for Gwendolyn Brooks / Mwatubu S. Okantah; title: Memories of Gwendolyn Brooks / Useni Eugene Perkins; title: Georgia, New Jersey, Vietnam, Gwendolyn Brooks : reflections / L.E. Scott; title: Homage to Gwendolyn Brooks, our pride and joy / Dorothy Randall Tsuruta; title: Remembering Ms. Brooks : a lesson in patience and persistence / Shirley N. Weber; title: Fanfare for the common poet / Regina Harris Baiocchi; title: Remembrance of Gwendolyn / Margaret T. Burroughs; title: Just wanted to keep in touch / Gwendolyn A. Mitchell; title: A childless mother, or, reflections on motherhood : Gwendolyn Brooks' "The mother" / Georgene Bess Montgomery; title: Gwendolyn Brooks : an appreciation / Paule Marshall; title: Gwendolyn Brooks as the bridge over the generations / Molefi Kete Asante; title: Gwendolyn Brooks : leaving her mark on us / Joanne V. Gabbin; title: No waste : Gwendolyn Brooks's last workshop / Quraysh Ali Lansana; title: So the world might continue : in praise of Gwendolyn Brooks / Maggie Anderson; title: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks / Adele S. Newson-Horst.