Annie Allen

Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetic License

History post by Sara Stroo on February 15, 2010 - 3:25pm; tagged Adventures in Feministory, Annie Allen, Chicago, Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize.

 Today’s Adventures in Feministory features Gwendolyn Brooks, a Chicagoan, prolific poetess,
and the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 collection, Annie Allen.

"Poetry is Life Distilled."
-Gwendolyn Brooks
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