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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... told her I'd go to church with her that Sunday . Always , on such an occasion , she would be charmingly dressed and at the window watching for us , waiting . This time , I had to ring the doorbell , then knock knock knock at the door ...
... told her I'd go to church with her that Sunday . Always , on such an occasion , she would be charmingly dressed and at the window watching for us , waiting . This time , I had to ring the doorbell , then knock knock knock at the door ...
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... told her I would expand my five - room cottage , so that she could have her own quarters , her privacy . She wouldn't come . She loved her home . She wanted to live alone . She had stopped renting out her second floor , because she ...
... told her I would expand my five - room cottage , so that she could have her own quarters , her privacy . She wouldn't come . She loved her home . She wanted to live alone . She had stopped renting out her second floor , because she ...
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... told him last night , he is pleased to get up in the morning . He believes that " poems are made of words used efficiently . " He believes good poetry " is the perfect machine of language . " ။ He is an open theorist : he likes today's ...
... told him last night , he is pleased to get up in the morning . He believes that " poems are made of words used efficiently . " He believes good poetry " is the perfect machine of language . " ။ He is an open theorist : he likes today's ...
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