A selective bibliography of open access articles on Gwendolyn Brooks, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites
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Cummings, Allison. "Public Subjects: Race and the Critical Reception of Gwendolyn Brooks, Erica Hunt, and Harryette Mullen" in Frontiers, 2005
Flynn, Richard. "The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood - Critical Essay, African American Review, Fall, 2000
Jimoh, A. Yemisi. A substantial introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks from Literary Encyclopedia
Jimoh, A. Yemisi. "Double Consciousness, Modernism, and Womanist Themes in Gwendolyn Brooks's 'The Anniad,'" in MELUS, Fall 1998
Kent, George. Publisher's page for A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1990)
Lowney, John. "'A material collapse that is construction': History and Counter-Memory in Gwendolyn Brooks's In the Mecca," in MELUS, Fall, 1998
Reuben, Paul. Gwendolyn Brooks's primary works and selected secondary criticism, from Dr. Reuben's bibliography web site
Wright, Stephen Caldwell (ed.) A review of On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation. (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1996). Reviewed in MELUS, Fall, 1998 by Terence Allan Hoagwood
Search www.findarticles.com which has over 40 reliable articles on Gwendolyn Brooks originally published in reputable magazines and journals
An introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions on "We Real Cool" ; On "The Ballad of Rudolph Reed" ; On "Gay Chaps at the Bar" ; An Essay on "Gay Chaps at the Bar" by Susan Schweik ; On "To the Diaspora" ; An Essay on "Gay Chaps at the Bar" by James Smethurst ; On "of De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery" ; On "The Boy Died in My Alley" ; Online Interviews with Brooks ; About The Black Arts Movement ; About World War II ; About the Sonnet ; Brooks Book Jackets. From the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
An extended, introductory article on Gwendolyn Brooks, her career, a list of her works and a secondary reading list, from the Poetry Foundation
A biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, from the Gale Group
Personal papers of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks join archives at UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library, 11 Jan 2001, press release
Illinois poet Laureate, Gwendolyn Brooks. Introductory web page for Gwendolyn Brooks from the State of Illinois
"Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks dies at 83," Gwendolyn Brooks' obituary from the Associated Press, December 3, 2000. Her obituary from the NY Times
An introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks's life and writing, from Longman Publishers
A profile of Gwendolyn Brooks from Voices From the Gaps, Women Writers of Color, Univ. of Minnesota
A very brief biography of Gwendolyn Brooks from the Black Collegian Online
A very short biography of Gwendolyn Brooks from the National Women's Hall of Fame
An brief introduction to Gwendolyn Brooks from the Academy of American Poets
A discussion guide for Gwendolyn Brooks for students and teachers from textbook publisher Heath
An interview with Gwendolyn Brooks by Denise Hawkins, from the Poetry Center at James Madison Univ
A 1979 interview with Gwendolyn Brooks, published in The Artful Dodge
Gwendolyn Brooks's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, 12/04/2000
A tribute essay on Gwendolyn Brooks by Dr. Tyrone Williams
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