Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Location | Topeka, Kansas, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I wrote about what I saw and heard on the street. I don't want to say that these poems have to be simple, but I want to clarify my language. I want these poems to be free. I want them to be direct without sacrificing the kinds of music, the picturemaking I've always been interested in. Art hurts. Art urges voyages —- and it is easier to stay at home. I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it. I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers. If prejudice is native and it is you Will find it ineradicable.... Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise. Does man love Art? Man visits Art, but squirms. Art hurts, Art urges voyages and it is easier to stay home, the nice beer ready. -Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks |
| Interests | Writing Poetry and experiencing life. |
| Favorite books | Essential Brooks Unabridged CD The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (American Poets Project) Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry Is Life Distilled Gwendolyn Brooks' Maud Martha: A Critical Edition In Montgomery and Other Poems |