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Poems online from the works of African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This page includes links to the full text of Brooks poems and to essays and other analysis of specific poems. Her writings about inner city life, informed by her own years living in segregated society and later racially divided Chicago, earned her a Pulitzer Prize and a position as poet laureate of Illinois.
The Bean Eaters
Poem text.
The Bean Eaters: Comments
Comments on this poem from a "medical humanities" perspective.
The Bean Eaters
Poem text.
A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi.
Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother burns bacon" -- Poem text.
The Boy Died in My Alley: Essay
Essay by Craig Werner.
The Crazy Woman
Poem text.
Gay Chaps at the Bar
Essay by James Smethurst.
Gay Chaps at the Bar: Comments
Comments from critics.
Gay Chaps at the Bar: Essay
An essay by Susan Schweik.
The Good Man
Poem text.
The Mother
Poem text.
the mother: Comments
Comments on this poem from a "medical humanities" perspective.
Sadie and Maud
Poem text.
sick man looks at flowers: Comments
Comments on this poem from a "medical humanities" perspective.
Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg: Comments
Comments on this poem from a "medical humanities" perspective.
to the Diaspora
Poem text.
To the Diaspora: Essay
Essay by John F. Callahan.
We Real Cool
Poem text.
We Real Cool: Comments
Comments on this poem from a "medical humanities" perspective.
We Real Cool: Comments
Comments from critics.
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