Includes a biography, a critical analysis detailing important themes, symbols and ideas as they appear in the body of work, a chronology and complete bibliography, and a list of critical works about the writer.
Content Note
Biography of Gwendolyn Brooks / Amy Sickels -- Gwendolyn Brooks : poetic justice / Amiee LaBrie -- The satisfactions of what's difficult in Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry / Brooke Kenton Horvath -- Gwendolyn Brooks : an essential sanity / Henry Taylor -- Gwendolyn Brooks : beyond the wordmaker--the making of an African poet / Haki R. Madhubuti.