Weathermen Terrorists Agree: Obama In ’08! Oct 22, 2008
Our neighbors include Muhammad Ali, former mayor Eugene Sawyer, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Elizabeth Alexander, and writer Barack Obama. Minister Louis Farrakhan lives a block from our home and adds, we think, a unique dimension to the idea of a safe neighborhood watch : the Fruit of Islam, his security force, has an eye on things twenty-four-hours a day. (Human Events Online)
Goldsby to bring city’s early, black literary scene out of Harlem’s shadow Oct 10, 2008
Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks and Lorraine Hansberry are just a few of its stars ... Hundreds turned out to hear Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Walker and Hurston read from their latest works and works in progress, said Goldsby, while critics led discussions about the great books and the ideas of those times. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
BRC Imagination Arts' Bob Rogers to Receive The Order of Lincoln, Illinois' Highest Honor Oct 7, 2008
Past honorees have included Ronald Reagan, the Chicago Bears Walter Payton, Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, author David Herbert Donald, business leader Lester Crown, Nobel scientist Leon Lederman, and educator Richard H. Moy. More information can be found at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Paul McCartney, Matt Damon, Yo-Yo Ma Sep 17, 2008
Gwendolyn Brooks and Theodore Roethke are among the 14 influential 20th-century American poets whose recordings have been added to Britain's free online poetry archive, the BBC reported. The project will consist of more than 100 American poets reading their own work. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
US voices added to poetry archive Sep 16, 2008
Classic American poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Theodore Roethke have joined British poets like Dylan Thomas and Ted Hughes in the archive. It was launched in 2005 by UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and recording producer Richard Carrington. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Kay RyanPoems that turn ordinary things grand Jul 19, 2008
She joins a distinguished roster of poets laureates, including Robert Frost, Louise Bogan, William Carlos Williams, Robert Lowell and, more recently, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maxine Kumin, Robert Pinsky and Billy Collins. Some have used the government perch to launch pet projects, such as Rita Dove's effort to explore the African diaspora through the eyes of its artists and Robert Hass' "Watershed" conference devoted to writing, nature and community. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Text of Oprah Winfrey's commencement speech Jun 17, 2008
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem for her children. It's called "Speech to the Young : Speech to the Progress-Toward." And she says at the end, "Live not for battles won. / Live not for the-end-of-the-song. / Live in the along." She's saying, like Eckhart Tolle, that you have to live for the present. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Friends for faraway places Jun 14, 2008
Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer for her poetry and was the beloved-by-all poet laureate of Illinois for many years. Maud Martha (Third World Press) was her only novel for adults, and has the precision and economy that poets-turned-novelists so often display. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
U.S. Jones celebrates Black History Month Feb 28, 2008
The program also touched on some important black poets: Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clinton, Countee Cullen, Henry Dumas and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Black History Month was established as Negro History Week in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Collection at library honors black artists, poets Feb 15, 2008
Both brought attention to the writings of many important blacks, namely poet Gwendolyn Brooks, playwright Ed Bullins and editor Sam Cornish. The exhibit grew out of the SCRC's collection of manuscripts and poetry, Manwaring said. (Daily Orange, NY)
Soulful events crowd calendar Feb 12, 2008
This year's fest begins with a 5:30 p.m. social, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets are required, and may be purchased by calling the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center at 309-298-2220 ... Black History Month at WIU is sponsored by African American Studies, African Student Association, Black Student Association, Cultural Expressions, Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center, Office of Student Activities, Student Government Association, University Housing and Dining Services, University... (Macomb Journal, IL)
Laureate honor given to former chancellor Feb 4, 2008
Syracuse University's Chancellor Emeritus Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw is joining the ranks of former president Ronald Reagan, football player Walter Payton and Poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. Shaw will become a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy, announced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last week. (Daily Orange, NY)
EDITOR’S MAILBAG (Jan. 31) (11) Feb 1, 2008
As Gwendolyn Brooks once said, Read between the lines. Don t swallow everything. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Goldsby mines literary repository, reading history out of texts to write about Americas history of lynching Jan 11, 2008
Starting with the scenes of mob violence as they are rendered in the literary works, A Spectacular Secret analyzes and reconstructs the mob murders and assaults that inspired the anti-lynching pamphlets of journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the novels of Stephen Crane and James Weldon Johnson, and the poems of Gwendolyn Brooks. Telling the social and cultural histories this biographical evidence suggests, Goldsby returns to literary texts, arguing that their formal features register how the... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Lawrence Hill's novel takes him back to roots of his ancestry Nov 14, 2007
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Poetry And Music Oct 27, 2007
" After the Watts riots, poets and artists started to settle in Los Angeles, many fueled by a black arts movement that brought to prominence writers such as Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou and Gwendolyn Brooks. Cortez cites Brooks as a poetic influence, along with Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo and Aim Csaire. In 1967 Cortez moved to New York so that Denardo could be closer to his dad. Her poem "I Am New York City" conveys some of her feelings. It starts out: i am new york city here is my brain of hot... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hooked on Words Sep 13, 2007
She specializes in African-American literature and wrote her dissertation on the works of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in the United States. Ms. Wilkinson will open South Brunswick's monthly series of Sunday poetry readings Sept. 16 at South Brunswick Public Library. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
Former UNH prof named U.S. Poet Laureate Aug 3, 2007
Gwendolyn Brooks met with groups of elementary school children to encourage them to write poetry ... Joseph Auslander, 1937-1941Allen Tate, 1943-1944Robert Penn Warren, 1944-1945Louise Bogan, 1945-1946Karl Shapiro, 1946-1947Robert Lowell, 1947-1948Leonie Adams, 1948-1949Elizabeth Bishop, 1949-1950Conrad Aiken, 1950-1952, First to serve two terms William Carlos Williams, Appointed in 1952 but did not serve Randall Jarrell, 1956-1958 Robert Frost, 1958-1959 Richard Eberhart, 1959-1961 Louis... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Charles Simic named next U.S. Poet Laureate Aug 3, 2007
Gwendolyn Brooks met with groups of elementary school children to encourage them to write poetry ... Conrad Aiken, 1950-1952, First to serve two terms William Carlos Williams, Appointed in 1952 but did not serve Randall Jarrell, 1956-1958 Robert Frost, 1958-1959 Richard Eberhart, 1959-1961 Louis Untermeyer, 1961-1963 Howard Nemerov, 1963-1964 Reed Whittemore, 1964-1965 Stephen Spender, 1965-1966 James Dickey, 1966-1968 William Jay Smith, 1968-1970 William Stafford, 1970-1971 Josephine Jacobsen,... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
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The event, put together by the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center at Western Illinois University, featured spoken word performances, singing, dancing, a craft fair and free food. "It's an opportunity to come and find out more about African American cultural and history right in your own back yard - interact with great folks and sit down in fellowship," said Belinda Carr, GBCC Director. (Macomb Journal, IL)
And The Nominees Are... Jun 19, 2007
He opens with the beautiful "Elegy for Miss Brooks," invoking Gwendolyn Brooks, who died in 2000, and who makes a perfect muse for the volume: "What the devil / are we without you?" he asks. "I tuck your voice, laced / tight, in these brown shoes." In that spirit of intimate community, Young gives us a saucy ballad of Jim Crow, a poem about Lionel Hampton's last concert in Paris, an "African Elegy" which addresses the tragic loss of a close friend in conjunction with the first anniversary of... (WNBC.com, NY)
Western to celebrate 50 years as university Jun 12, 2007
Black Student Center dedicated to Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks ... WIU acquires former Hy-Vee facility on University Drive, which now houses the Gwendolyn Brooks Center, the HeadStart Preschool Center and WIUM-WIUW.. (Macomb Journal, IL)
ILLINOIS STYLE: Woman still teaching at 95 May 11, 2007
After graduation, Neubauer worked for a dozen years as a physical education teacher at Pullman Tech High School, which is now Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep High School. "That was my baby," she said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
More of this story May 5, 2007
In addition to their own works, the poets read short pieces by Gwendolyn Brooks, Federico Garca Lorca and William Carlos Williams, among others. Of course, Union Station is no library, and the poets knew that some of their words would get lost in the shuffle. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Brooks employee opposes outsourcing proposal Apr 21, 2007
I work at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School in DeKalb, and I am very proud to say I work there. You walk into our building and it is very clean. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Children's verse that celebrates playful wonderment Apr 17, 2007
And delights, I should add, as two new collections of poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks's Bronzeville Boys and Girls and Valerie Worth's Animal Poems, so readily demonstrate. Bronzeville Boys and GirlsBy Gwendolyn Brooks, Illustrated by Faith Ringgold; Amistad, 48 pp. (Christian Science Monitor)
NIGHTLIFERuthie Foster Mar 2, 2007
" Enamored with poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni and Maya Angelou, Foster started writing her own songs in junior high. Her love of music carried her through her teenage years, but by the time she graduated with a degree in commercial music from McLennan Community College in Waco, Foster wanted to see what "normal life" had to offer. Enlisting in the Navy, she ended up working as an aviation storekeeper with a helicopter squad, a position that she loved. "But my executive officer... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tavis Smiley's fortes go beyond his gift of gab Feb 22, 2007
The 2005 forum led to The Covenant With Black America, a book of essays by activists and other experts on what Tavis describes as "how to make Black America better." It is published by Chicago-based Third World Press, an Afrocentric Chicago-based house best known for publishing the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The Covenant soared to the top of the New York Times Best-Sellers List without help from Oprah Winfrey's book club, the Today Show or much of any other mainstream media... (Orlando Sentinel -- Opinion)
Gwendolyn Brooks Cool Poems Feb 21, 2007
Gwendolyn Brooks Cool Poems: 'We Real Cool' and Other Poems ... Gwendolyn Brooks Cool Poems ... Gwendolyn Brooks Cool Poems. (Suite101.com)
'Same Time, Next Year' brings love, laughs to Sanford stage Feb 18, 2007
The poetry reading series is sponsored by the SCC English Department and the Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Association of Florida. Courage through dance. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
The Moneyed Muse Feb 12, 2007
(Among the magazine s discoveries were Gwendolyn Brooks, James Merrill, and John Ashbery. Barr understandably relishes this glamorous past, but he is openly hostile to its legacy in poetry today. (New Yorker)
Quiz: Black History Month Feb 8, 2007
(CNN Student News) -- February is Black History Month. How much do you know about the ways in which African-Americans have shaped U.S. history. (CNN -- Education)
Read more... Feb 7, 2007
Among the dozens of influential African Americans profiled are W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Alice Walker, and Richard Wright. Additionally, the site includes interactive quizzes, illustrations, and photographs to reinforce learning as well as dozens of editor-reviewed Web-site links that help students explore subjects further, including links to government,... (PNN Online)
How to fix a broken heart Feb 3, 2007
In the first page of my notebook I copied a line from Gwendolyn Brooks: "Beware the easy griefs, that fool and fuel nothing.". These days I keep the notebook in a drawer and, like a first-aid kit, bring it out only at times of need. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Poet's 'Confederate Dead' book brings history's characters to life Jan 22, 2007
Young's home is lined with early editions of books by eminent African-American authors, including James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks (subject of an elegy in his book), and Ralph Ellison. The 75,000-volume Danowski Poetry Library, where he is curator, "is like a playground for me," he jokes. (Boston Globe -- Living)
