Gwendolyn Brooks: A Play

by Acie Cargill

I was one of Gwendolyn's students and a lifelong follower of her work. I remember reading some of my own attempts at poetry to our group and I still remember her words to me, "Acie, we sing poetry. Yours sounds like the sports page of the Tribune." Well, I appreciated her criticism. It would have been easier for her to just write me off and say nothing or a perfunctory "nice". But she woke me and my next attempts started to progressively loosen until...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518633862
• ISBN13: 9781518633867
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"