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    Gwendolyn Brooks was an influential American poet born in 1917 in Kansas and raised in Chicago. She authored over 20 books of poetry that explored themes of African American identity and the black experience. Some of her most notable works included A Street in Bronzeville and Annie Allen, for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to poetry, Brooks wrote a novel, an autobiography, and edited an anthology. She held many prestigious positions including Poet Laureate of Illinois and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Brooks helped establish an African American literary tradition and was a leading voice in 20th century American poetry before her death in 2000.

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    Gwendolyn Brooks was an influential American poet born in 1917 in Kansas and raised in Chicago. She authored over 20 books of poetry that explored themes of African American identity and the black experience. Some of her most notable works included A Street in Bronzeville and Annie Allen, for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to poetry, Brooks wrote a novel, an autobiography, and edited an anthology. She held many prestigious positions including Poet Laureate of Illinois and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Brooks helped establish an African American literary tradition and was a leading voice in 20th century American poetry before her death in 2000.

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    The Mother

    Reicza Gene C. Olojan


    MA Literature
    LIT 202
    November 2017
    The Mother – A Narrative Report 1

    Gwendolyn Brooks
    Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas,
    on June 7, 1917, and raised in Chicago. She was
    the author of more than twenty books of
    poetry, including Children Coming Home (The
    David Co., 1991); Blacks (The David Co., 1987);
    To Disembark (Third World Press, 1981); The
    Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems (The
    David Co., 1986); Riot (Broadside Press, 1969);
    In the Mecca (Harper & Row, 1968); The Bean
    Eaters (Harper, 1960); Annie Allen (Harper,
    1949), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize;
    and A Street in Bronzeville (Harper & Brothers, 1945).

    She also wrote numerous other books including a novel, Maud Martha (Harper, 1953),
    and Report from Part One: An Autobiography (Broadside Press, 1972), and edited Jump
    Bad: A New Chicago Anthology (Broadside Press, 1971).

    In 1968 she was named poet laureate for the state of Illinois. In 1985, she was the first
    black woman appointed as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, a post now
    known as Poet Laureate. She also received an American Academy of Arts and Letters
    Award, the Frost Medal, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, the Shelley
    Memorial Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the
    Guggenheim Foundation. She lived in Chicago until her death on December 3, 2000.

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    Full Text of ‘The Mother’ ................................................ 2

    Analysis of ‘The Mother’................................................. 3

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