Honoring Genius The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice: Poems

Name: Honoring Genius The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice: Poems
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ISBN: 9780883783252

ISBN-10: 0883783258

ISBN-13: 9780883783252

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Authors: Haki R. Madhubuti

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For over thirty years, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Haki R. Madhubuti shared a unique literary and personal relationship. In this latest volume of his work, Madhubuti, a renowned poet in his own right, pays tribute to Brooks’ legacy and memory with this collection of poems that he produced during those years. He also offers two essays and a selection of newer poems to express his gratitude and show his great respect for this literary giant.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Third World Press
Publication date: 1/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.374
Language: English

Haki R. Madhubuti, an award-winning poet, educator, essayist, founder and publisher of Third World Press, is the author of thirty-one books. He is the co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education and the co-founder of four schools in Chicago. He is a retired university professor. Madhubuti's latest book of poems is Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice.




Honoring Genius & Craft


Gwendolyn Brooks: Beyond the Wordmaker-The Making of an African American Poet


On Her Own Terms


Poetry



Art & Kindness


Gwendolyn Brooks


She Was Kindness


An Afterword: For Gwen Brooks (the search for the new song begins with the old)


Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks at 70


Quality: Gwendolyn Brooks at 73


A Mother Poem (for G.B.)


Gwendolyn Brooks: Distinctive and Proud at 77


Mothers


This Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks at Eighty


Eighty-three is a Wise Number


Gwendolyn Brooks Illinois State Library: The Naming, June 6, 2003


Her first name was Gwen: Last Note and Poem


(Poem)


Gwendolyn Brooks: No Final Words



Justice


Master of Colors and Canvas


In A Time of Devastation and Reflection


Politicians, Preachers and the Reinvented University or The Return of the H.N.I.C. & the Devastation of Liberated Thought


Emergence: Brotherman Becomes a University President


Keeping Papers Alive


Turning Toward Joy


Denied Substantial and Fundamental Creation


Critical Ignorance


Art III, Sonia Sanchez: Drawing Fire


Layla Anaya


An Answer


Cultural Daughter


Art


libraries, librarians: the careful equalizers



Coda


Young Heroes-II "To Don at Salaam"


"Don Lee wants" by Gwendolyn Brooks


"The Good Man" by Gwendolyn Brooks


Photo Gallery


Acknowledgments