How Gwendolyn Brooks still shapes Chicago poetry

Brooks, who died in 2000 at age 83, was well known for mentoring young poets and writers. Several are paying that investment forward.

Creating to Inspire Social Change: A Brief Look into Gwendolyn Brooks

5 Gwendolyn Brooks Poems That Tackle Women's And Civil Rights - Blavity

D.H. Melhem: Biographer and Friend of Gwendolyn Brooks – Rare Book and Manuscript Library – U of I Library

Making beauty from racial anxiety - The New York Times

The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks - (american Poets Project) (hardcover) : Target

Brown Girl Collective - HERStory Matters: Author, poet and educator Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas. When Brooks was six weeks old

Gwendolyn Brooks: Chicago's Poet

A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS, by Kyra

How Gwendolyn Brooks Highlighted Chicago's Black Community Through Literature

Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha, and Other Immortal Mortals ‹ Literary Hub

Gwendolyn Brooks, We Real Cool, and The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock — Poetry Letters by Huck Gutman

A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS, by Kyra

Happy birthday, dear Gwendolyn