Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas on June 7th, 1917 and passed away at the age of 83 on December 3rd, 2000.

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Gwendolyn Brooks Stats: The highest rated book by Gwendolyn Brooks on Book Notification is Bronzeville Boys and Girls, a Collection.

The most read book by Gwendolyn Brooks on Book Notification is Selected Poems, a Collection. The second most read book is Bronzeville Boys and Girls, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Gwendolyn Brooks books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

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1
Maud Martha
1953
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Street in Bronzeville
1945
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2
Annie Allen
1949
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3
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Bronzeville Boys and Girls
1956
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4
The Bean Eaters
1960
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5
We real cool
1960
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6
Selected Poems
1963
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7
The Wall: For Edward Christmas
1967
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8
In the Mecca
1968
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9
Riot
1969
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10
Family Pictures
1970
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11
Aloneness
1971
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12
Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago, The I Will City
1983
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13
The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
1986
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14
Winnie
1988
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15
In Montgomery
2003
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Report from Part One
1972
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2
Young Poet's Primer
1980
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3
Report from Part Two
1996
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List of American Poets Project Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
1892
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2
Edgar Allan Poe (By: Richard Wilbur)
1909
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3
Theodore Roethke ( By: Theodore Roethke)
1969
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4
A. R. Ammons (By: David Lehman, A.R. Ammons)
1977
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5
William Carlos Williams (By: William Carlos Williams)
1984
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6
Edna St. Vincent Millay (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
1991
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7
Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems (By: Carl Sandburg)
1996
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8
Yvor Winters (By: Thom Gunn, Yvor Winters)
1999
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9
Karl Shapiro (By: John Updike, Karl Shapiro)
2003
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10
Poets of World War II (By: Various Various, Harvey Shapiro)
2003
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11
American Wits (By: John Hollander)
2003
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12
John Greenleaf Whittier (By: John Greenleaf Whittier)
2004
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13
Kenneth Fearing (By: Robert Polito, Kenneth Fearing)
2004
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14
Muriel Rukeyser (By: Muriel Rukeyser)
2004
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15
John Berryman (By: Kevin Young, John Berryman)
2004
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16
Poets of the Civil War ( By: J.D. McClatchy)
2005
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17
Emma Lazarus (By: Emma Lazarus)
2005
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18
Edith Wharton ( By: Edith Wharton)
2005
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19
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (With: Elizabeth Alexander)
2005
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20
Cole Porter (By: Robert Kimball, Cole Porter)
2006
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21
Louis Zukofsky (By: Louis Zukofsky, Charles Bernstein)
2006
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22
Kenneth Koch (By: Ron Padgett, Kenneth Koch)
2007
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23
American Sonnets (By: David Bromwich)
2007
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24
James Agee (By: James Agee, Andrew Hudgins)
2008
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25
Poems from the Women's Movement (By: Honor Moore)
2009
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26
Ira Gershwin (By: Robert Kimball, Ira Gershwin)
2009
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27
Lyrics of the First Great Popular Songs (By: Stephen Collins Foster, Ken Emerson)
2010
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28
Countee Cullen (By: Major Jackson, Countee Cullen)
2010
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29
Amy Lowell (By: Honor Moore)
2012
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List of Gwendolyn Brooks Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers
1967
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2
I Am the Darker Brother
1968
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3
Jump Bad: A New Chicago Anthology
1971
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4
Cries of the Spirit
1991
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5
Hear My Voice
1993
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6
Letters to America
1995
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7
Sisters
2009
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8
The Civil Rights Reader
2009
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9
The Golden Shovel Anthology
2017
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10
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
2021
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11
Knowing Him by Heart
2022
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Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7th, 1917. Gwendolyn passed away December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old. Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas.

Gwendolyn Brooks was the author of the Gwendolyn Brooks Collections series which consists of 15 novels. The Gwendolyn Brooks Collections series started in 1945 with the novel A Street in Bronzeville. The most recently released novel in the Gwendolyn Brooks Collections series was In Montgomery which was released in 2003. There are no upcoming novels for the Gwendolyn Brooks Collections series.

Gwendolyn Brooks also wrote the Non-Fiction Books series which has 3 books including Report from Part One and Young Poet's Primer.

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Gwendolyn Brooks: F.A.Q

When was Gwendolyn Brooks Born?

Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7th, 1917.

When did Gwendolyn Brooks die?

Gwendolyn Brooks died on December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old.

Where was Gwendolyn Brooks Born?

Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, .

What was the first book Gwendolyn Brooks wrote?

The first book written by Gwendolyn Brooks was A Street in Bronzeville, published in 1945.

What was the most recent book Gwendolyn Brooks wrote?

Their most recently released work was The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks on November 17th, 2005.

How many books has Gwendolyn Brooks written?

Gwendolyn Brooks has written 20 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 1 Standalone Novel, 15 books in the Collections, 3 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the American Poets Project Series.

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