Synopses & Reviews
Composed of three sections, this collection features the final poems of the late poet laureate of Illinois. The first section, ""In Montgomery,"" is a verbal description of a visit made by the poet and a highly talented photographer for Ebony Magazine, Moneeta Sleet. This is followed by a section of poetic character sketches. The final section is based upon a well known building located in the Black ghetto of Chicago's south side.
Synopsis
Composed of three sections, this collection features the final poems of the late poet laureate of Illinois.
Synopsis
The final section is based upon a well known building located in the Black ghetto of Chicago's south side.
About the Author
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, a poetry consultant for the Library of Congress, and the Poet Laureate of Illinois.
Table of Contents
In Montgomery: In Montgomery -- Farmer -- Behind the scenes -- Girl -- Old black woman, homeless, and indistinct -- Gottschalk and the Grande tarantelle: Gottschalk and the Grande tarantelle -- Winnie -- Song of Winnie -- Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg -- Michael, young Russia -- Brelve. A battered woman -- Brooke Maj, of Hawthorn South School -- Beauty in the forest -- Black love -- Last inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington -- Duke Ellington -- martin Luther King Jr. -- Jane Addams -- Danny Glover -- Astonishment of heart -- Old woman rap -- For Sara Miller, sculptor -- Art -- Patrick Bouie of Cabrini Green -- Children coming home: After school -- Coora flower -- Nineteen cows in a slow line walking -- White girls are peculiar people -- My grandmother is waiting for me to come home -- I am a Black -- Religion -- Uncle Seagram -- In East Afrika sala means gentleness -- In the Persian Gulf -- Song; white powder -- Abruptly -- Questions -- Our white mother says we are Black but not very -- Puzzlement -- Best friends -- My brothers greet me every afternoon -- Pet -- To be grown up -- Something all my own -- I'll stay -- In the Mecca.