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Gwen Brooks

Gwen Brooks. Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka,Kansas, in 1917 and raised in Chicago. She wrote more than twenty books of poetry. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen. Gwen Brooks. Hurt by rejection as a child, Brooks took comfort in the solitary

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Gwen Brooks

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  1. Gwen Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka,Kansas, in 1917 and raised in Chicago. She wrote more than twenty books of poetry. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen.

  2. Gwen Brooks Hurt by rejection as a child, Brooks took comfort in the solitary pursuits of reading and writing. She composed her first poem at the age of seven.

  3. Gwen Brooks By the age of sixteen, Brooks had published seventy-five poems. She attended Wilson Junior College and graduated with a degree in English in 1936.

  4. Gwen Brooks She is best known for her sensitive portraits of urban blacks who encounter racism and poverty in their daily lives. In 1968 she was named Poet Laureate for the state of Illinois, and from 1985-86 she was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She lived in Chicago until her death on December 3, 2000.

  5. Gwen Brooks • We Real Cool describes? • What are some activities described in the poem? • Is there any significance to the activities that are described.? Why or why not? • Briefly describe what you think the theme of We Real Cool is.

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