With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. A solid introduction to a brilliant writer”- Kirkus.Īcclaimed writer Alice Faye Duncan tells the story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.
“The combination of biography and Brooks' own poems makes for a strong, useful, and beautiful text. “A stirring, accessible introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks and a must-have for all elementary collections.” - School Library Journal (Starred review)
