She wrote of one "whose broken window is a cry of art" who exclaims "it was you who threw away my name, and this is everything I have for me," in "Boy Breaking Glass.
She wrote of one "whose broken window is a cry of art" who exclaims "it was you who threw away my name, and this is everything I have for me," in "Boy Breaking Glass." Her "Number Five" is a dreamer who thinks "of lukewarm water, hope to get in it" in a poem about "things of dry hours and the involuntary plan," "Kitchenette Building." The ballads of Pearl May Lee and Chocolate Mabbie make up one of her collections, which also includes "Obituary for a Living Lady" and a part about black soldiers in World War II, "Gay Chaps at the Bar." Those who "left school" and "die soon" figure in her "We Real Cool," while "Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith" and "Negro Hero" belong to her A Street in Bronzeville. For ten points, name this poet of Annie Allen, which gave her the first Pulitzer prize for an African American woman.
She wrote of one "whose broken window is a cry of art" who exclaims "it was you who threw away my name, and this is everything I have for me," in "Boy Breaking Glass.
Gwendolyn {Brooks}