Posted: January 15th, 2015

journal response

journal response

In your journal reflect on critical connections between Brooks’ earlier poems and her poems of the Black Arts Movement.
Instructions:
•    Make a 250-word entry in your journal.
•    Pose questions or observations about the readings.
•    Read what others have posted in their journals to gain insight for your module discussions.

Gwendolyn Brooks Essay  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfNCbIm1oHk
In 1948 Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for a collection of poetry (Annie Allen). Richard Wright mentored Brooks early in

her literary career, as Brooks was from Chicago, IL, the place where Wright conceived Native Son. Brooks’ unique literary voice, coupled with her “reportage” within

the black community, became a staple in American literature. Her novel Maud Martha which also takes places in Chicago would further cement Brooks’ legacy of being able

to adequately depict the African American experience through a lens not stained by Dubois’ double consciousness.
For further information on Gwendolyn Brooks, please click on this link:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-brooks

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