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Subject: BROOKS, GWENDOLYN (1917-2000)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GWENDOLYN BROOKS, by HAKI R. MADHUBUTI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: She doesn't wear %costume jewelry
Last Line: Bro, they been calling that sister by the wrong name
Alternate Author Name(s): Lee, Don L.
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000); Dissenters; Exiles; Marginality, Social


MADIMBA: GWENDOLYN BROOKS, by MICHAEL S. HARPER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Double-conscious sister in the veil
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)


MADIMBA: GWENDOLYN BROOKS, by MICHAEL S. HARPER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Double-conscious sister in the veil
Last Line: Double-conscious sister in the veil
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)


ON GETTING A NATURAL, by DUDLEY RANDALL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She didn't know she was beautiful
Last Line: I know %I'm black %and %beautiful
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000); Hair


POET: GWENDOLYN BROOKS AT 70, by HAKI R. MADHUBUTI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As in music
Alternate Author Name(s): Lee, Don L.
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)


SUN CAME, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun came, miss brooks
Last Line: And we goofed the whole thing. %I think. %(though ain't no vision visited my cell)
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)


THE SUN CAME, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun came, miss brooks
Subject(s): Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)