Maurice 95 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Tried to find some info on this poet but scoured the site and found nothing. Had to resort to Wikipedia. Her name has popped up a few times in a recent book I read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 2,739 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 That is curious @Maurice, did you try our search engine? That is the best please to start. Here is a link to our search engine and the results of a Gwendolyn Brook query. The search engine, linked above, is the last item on the menu of every page of the website, except this discussion forum that uses 3rd party software. The search engine on the discussion forum only searches the discussion forum, while the search, linked above, searches the entire site, including the discussion forum. Now I could customize the discussion forum software to search the whole site, but customizations make the discussion forum harder to maintain. Plus the discussion forum's search engine is presumably better at finding things here (blogs, forums, clubs, etc). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Troy said: That is curious @Maurice, did you try our search engine? That is the best please to start. Here is a link to our search engine and the results of a Gwendolyn Brook query. The search engine, linked above, is the last item on the menu of every page of the website, except this discussion forum that uses 3rd party software. The search engine on the discussion forum only searches the discussion forum, while the search, linked above, searches the entire site, including the discussion forum. Now I could customize the discussion forum software to search the whole site, but customizations make the discussion forum harder to maintain. Plus the discussion forum's search engine is presumably better at finding things here (blogs, forums, clubs, etc). Hmmmm, all I got was Ade,the Flying Toothbrush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted May 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Seen a copy of the Essential Gwendolyn Brooks online so I'll go ahead and buy it after I've purchased two books that I'm after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BonitaLPenn 5 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Hi Maurice, not sure if you found the book you were looking for. Also, try "Blacks" by Gwendolyn Brooks. It has a large collection of her work. In addition, a very old "Jump Bad" an anthology of Chicago poets presented by Gwendolyn Brooks and includes some of her earlier works, printed in 1988. You will find some gems in that one also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 2,739 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Unfortunately both book appear to be out of print. @BonitaLPenn I just added Jump Bad to the site, for archival purposes. One day I may start selling out of print or rare books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BonitaLPenn 5 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Whoa, so glad i found these when i did. look forward to more discussion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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