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A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by George E Kent, 1920-1982 is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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This is the first full-scale biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, one of America's major poets. George E. Kent, a longtime friend and literary associate of the poet in Chicago, was given exclusive access to Brooks' early notebooks, which she kept from the age of seven. Kent also interviewed Brooks, her mother, and other family members in Chicago and elsewhere. He scoured records and correspondence with her publishers, editors, and agent. He participated in the poet's literary enterprises and in her wi
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- Author
- George E Kent, 1920-1982
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813153926
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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