When asked about her work, poet Gwendolyn Brooks once said ... “The Golden Shovel Anthology,” a new book of poems honoring Brooks, seeks to make sure that doesn’t happen.

To sit and read the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks is one thing. To sit and hear her read it is quite another. At home alone in some quiet corner with, say, ”Winnie” or ”Blacks” on your lap ...

Explore Gwendolyn Brooks's poem with John McCain, Anna Deavere Smith, and other guests. This episode brings together a group of interpreters who learned in prison to hear poetry’s “call.” ...

In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Hers was a Pulitzer in poetry, specifically for a volume titled Annie Allen that chronicled the life of ...

CHICAGO — Gwendolyn Brooks, who won a Pulitzer Prize for writing candid and compassionate poetry that delved into poverty, racism and drugs among black people, died Sunday. She was 83.

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s landmark book Annie Allen, Brooks Permissions and Crescendo ...

One of the world’s most celebrated and effective wordsmiths, Gwendolyn Brooks, has done just that with poetry by shedding light on the black experience for most of the 20th century. Born in ...

“I was just hoping to let Chicagoans know who Gwendolyn Brooks is and her ... garnering her widespread attention. Brooks centered her poems on the black experience and used her voice and ...

CHICAGO -- Gwendolyn Brooks, who promoted an understanding of black culture through her candid, compassionate poetry and became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, died Sunday of ...

Dec. 4 -- Gwendolyn Brooks, who promoted an understandingof black culture through her candid, compassionate poetry andbecame the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, has diedof cancer.