Gwendolyn Brooks is dead at 83: Her poetry defined an age From: Philadelphia Tribune, The | Date: December 5, 2000| Author: Wilson, Kendall | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Philadelphia Tribune, The

12-05-2000

Gwendolyn Brooks is dead at 83: Her poetry defined an age

Words of appreciation, admiration and sadness echoed throughout
Philadelphia and across the country this week following the passing of
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.

The woman whose candid and compassionate poetry addressed racism, poverty
and drugs among African Americans, died in Chicago Sunday following a brief
illness, accor...

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