Report from Part TwoMusings and notes about the life, the family, and travels of Gwendolyn Brooks that is a reprise of a prior book, "Report from Part One," published by Broadside Press in 1972. Brooks was the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress from 1985 to 1986. This volume includes her introductions of visiting writers during that period. |
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... honor of Family -- in the smaller sense our Family of Four plus our scattered relatives - in - the - large ( although she would not have expressed it in this way ) , our Family of the Black millions all over the world . We must put no ...
... honor of Family -- in the smaller sense our Family of Four plus our scattered relatives - in - the - large ( although she would not have expressed it in this way ) , our Family of the Black millions all over the world . We must put no ...
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... honor is hers . She has dignity , warm composure , clear sincerity , vast knowledges , pride in what she is , a radiant understanding of what she is . Critic Richard Long has said " She speaks in the tone and idiom of urban Black folk ...
... honor is hers . She has dignity , warm composure , clear sincerity , vast knowledges , pride in what she is , a radiant understanding of what she is . Critic Richard Long has said " She speaks in the tone and idiom of urban Black folk ...
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... honor and in truth . . . . 99 -- Certain writers are characterized by particular powers and graces . Even though their subjects may be similar to the subjects of others , if they are daring ( and a writer who wants to be truthful , who ...
... honor and in truth . . . . 99 -- Certain writers are characterized by particular powers and graces . Even though their subjects may be similar to the subjects of others , if they are daring ( and a writer who wants to be truthful , who ...
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