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Gwendolyn Brooks to Speak
At Memorial Hall
By Joan Blanchard
Carolina Union
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Gwendolyn Brooks, known for
her gripping chronicles about
Chicago life, will perform at 8
p.m. March 30 at Memorial Hall
on the UNC campus. Admission
is free.
Brooks, 76, won the Pulitzer
in 1950. She was the first black
woman to do so. Though her
poetry centers around life in
Chicago, it’s universality enables
it to reach out far beyond the city
limits.
The plights of the homeless,
the sick, the abused and the
exploited come alive within the
words of Brooks’ poems. She
often shows how those who seem
to have nothing still have their
courage and their hope. Her
poetry ’ s not about stagnation, but
about action and change.
In addition to writing and
performing poetry, Brooks leads
seminars and writes books, one
of which will include the second
part of her autobiography and
several new works and is entitled
“Black II.”
Her volume of poetry entitled
“Children Coming Home” is
filled with poems about
elementary school children who
are on their way home “not always
to cocoa and cookies but to crack
Pulitzer-Prize winner Brooks
cocame.
Brooks has been the poet
laureate of Illinois since 1969.
She is the recipient of over 70
honorary doctorates, and she has
been given numerous honors and
awards. These include Library of
Congress’ Consultant-in-Poetry
in 1985 and induction into the
National Women’s Hall of Fame
in 1988. In 1989, she received the
Senior Fellowship, which is the
National Endowment f(x the Arts’
highest literary award.
In 1993, the Gwendolyn
Brooks Cultural Center was
opened at Chicago State
University. PBS and WTTW-
Channel 11 Chicago prepared a
biographical documentary about
her life and work for their “Great
Performance” series. The
National Endowment for the
Humanities has named Brooks
its 1994 Jefferson Lecturer.
“She has been on the road a
long time now, fighting lions and
tigers and the dragons of success
and racism,” said Lerone Bennett
Jr. on Brook’s 70th birthday. “She
tells us that the darkness is light
enough and the Black light we
reflect is almost the only light
left.”
Applications for the 1994
Outstanding Black Faculty Award
Are Now Available in the Sonja
Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center.
The Award is Sponsored by the Black
Alumni Reunion Committee.
Applications Must Be Returned By
April 22.
For further information, contact Trevaughn
Brown at 962-3574.
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