Gwendolyn Brooks by https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79 American Poet en-us 2020-04-15 00:39:53 UTC 2020-04-15 01:11:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://reclaimyourqueendom.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gwendolyn-brooks.jpg The Bean Eaters scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507516336 A poetry collection by Gwendolyn Brooks, originally published in 1960. ]]> 2020-04-15 00:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507516336 Maud Martha scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507517921 The only novel Gwendolyn Brooks ever wrote. ]]> 2020-04-15 00:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507517921 We Real Cool scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507518837 A poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks, later included in her poetry collection, The Bean Eaters. ]]> 2020-04-15 00:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507518837 Pulitzer Award scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507520315 Awarded to Gwendolyn Brooks for her excellent poetry.]]> 2020-04-15 00:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507520315 An Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507523434 Brooks talks about being the 29th consultant of the Library of Congress and winning the Pulitzer Award at the age of 32. ]]> 2020-04-15 00:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507523434 Major Themes scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507525966
  • Black pride
  • Black identity
  • Black humanism
  • Maternal vision
  • Racial discrimination
  • The civil rights movement
  • Black rebellion of the sixties
  • Black leadership
    • ]]>     2020-04-15 00:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507525966     Biographical Information scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507529309 Born: June 7, 1917 in Topeka Kansas
    Died: December 3, 2000 in Chicago Illinois
    Spouse: Henry Blakely
    Education: Hyde Park Academy High School, Englewood Tech Prep Academy, Wendell Phillips Academy High School, Kennedy-King College.
    Awards: Robert Frost Medal, United States Poet Laureate, Jefferson Lecture, Anisfield Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.


    ]]>     2020-04-15 01:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507529309     Annie Allen scarter182 https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507534120 A book of poetry published in 1949 which she received the Pulitzer Prize for in 1950. ]]> 2020-04-15 01:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/scarter182/2hwcdin92q8pzh79/wish/507534120