A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

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Tuesday June 6

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5:00 PM  –  7:00 PM

Reading/Signing: A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn BrooksAward-winning writer Angela Jackson delves deep into the rich fabric of Brooks’s work and world. Granted unprecedented access to Brooks’s family, personal papers, and writing community, Jackson traces the literary arc of this artist’s long career and gives context for the world in which Brooks wrote and published her work. It is a powerfully intimate look at a once-in-a-lifetime talent up close, using forty-three of Brooks’s most soul-stirring poems as a guide.

Wednesday, June 6, Readers Hall, 5-7 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

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