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 most read book by Gwendolyn Brooks on Book Notification is We Are Shining, a Children's Book novel. 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

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Maud Martha
1953
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

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1
10
We Are Shining
2017
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List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Selected Poems, Annie Allen, and Bronzeville Boys And Girls.

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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16
Blacks
2026
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

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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

Highlights classic and modern American poetry, featuring works by renowned poets in carefully selected editions.

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: 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: Countee Cullen)
2010
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29
Amy Lowell (By: Honor Moore)
2012
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List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

Conversations with famous literary figures, providing insight into their lives and work.

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1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
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10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
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11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
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13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
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14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
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15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
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16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
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17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
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27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
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29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
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32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
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34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
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37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
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43
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Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
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44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
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45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
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46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
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55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
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56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
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57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
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58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
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61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
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62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
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65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
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66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
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67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
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78
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Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
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Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
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88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
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91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
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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
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
2021
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10
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 16 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 Blacks which was released in 2026. There are no upcoming novels for the Gwendolyn Brooks Collections series.

Gwendolyn Brooks also wrote 3 Non-Fiction 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 Blacks on April 28th, 2026.

What is the most popular book by Gwendolyn Brooks?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Gwendolyn Brooks book is We Are Shining. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. We Are Shining (10.00)
  2. Bronzeville Boys And Girls (10.00)

How many books has Gwendolyn Brooks written?

Gwendolyn Brooks has written 23 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 1 Standalone Novel, 1 book in the Children's Books, 16 Collections, 3 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the American Poets Project Series, 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series.

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