Honoring genius : Gwendolyn Brooks: the narrative of craft, art, kindness and justice.

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Author / Creator:Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Chicago : Third World Press, c2011.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8924063
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ISBN:9780883783252
0883783258
Table of Contents:
  • I. Honoring Genius & Craft
  • Gwendolyn Brooks: Beyond the Wordmaker-The Making of an African American Poet
  • On Her Own Terms
  • Poetry
  • II. Art & Kindness
  • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • She Was Kindness
  • An Afterword: For Gwen Brooks (the search for the new song begins with the old)
  • Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks at 70
  • Quality: Gwendolyn Brooks at 73
  • A Mother Poem (for G.B.)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks: Distinctive and Proud at 77
  • Mothers
  • This Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks at Eighty
  • Eighty-three is a Wise Number
  • Gwendolyn Brooks Illinois State Library: The Naming, June 6, 2003
  • Her first name was Gwen: Last Note and Poem
  • (Poem)
  • Gwendolyn Brooks: No Final Words
  • III. Justice
  • Master of Colors and Canvas
  • In A Time of Devastation and Reflection
  • Politicians, Preachers and the Reinvented University or The Return of the H.N.I.C. & the Devastation of Liberated Thought
  • Emergence: Brotherman Becomes a University President
  • Keeping Papers Alive
  • Turning Toward Joy
  • Denied Substantial and Fundamental Creation
  • Critical Ignorance
  • Art III, Sonia Sanchez: Drawing Fire
  • Layla Anaya
  • An Answer
  • Cultural Daughter
  • Art
  • libraries, librarians: the careful equalizers
  • IV. Coda
  • Young Heroes-II "To Don at Salaam"
  • "Don Lee wants" by Gwendolyn Brooks
  • "The Good Man" by Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Photo Gallery
  • Acknowledgments