Dec 26, 2009

Gwendolyn Brooks | Gwendolyn Brooks

Other Literary Forms

In addition to the poetry on which her literary reputation rests, Gwendolyn Brooks published a novel, Maud Martha (1953); a book of autobiographical prose, Report from Part One (1972); and volumes of children’s verse. An episodic novel, Maud Martha makes some use of autobiographical materials and shares many of the major concerns of Brooks’s poetry, particularly concerning the attempts of the person to maintain integrity in the face of crushing environmental pressures. Report from Part One recounts the personal, political,...

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