Poetry from Daily Life: Memory's a great start but let imagination rule
Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...
Smith College1 年
Gwendolyn Brooks
Author of more than twenty books of poetry and recipient of many honors, including the Frost Medal and the Academy of American Poets’ Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement, Brooks was writer ...
Western Illinois University2 年
Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center
The Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center is named after the first African-American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Poet Laureate of Illinois, Gwendolyn Brooks. Founded in 1970, the Gwendolyn Brooks ...