{"product_id":"the-essential-gwendolyn-brooks","title":"THE ESSENTIAL GWENDOLYN BROOKS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"If you wanted a poem,\" wrote Gwendolyn Brooks, \"you only had to look out of a window. There was material always, walking or running, fighting or screaming or singing.\" From the life of Chicago's South Side she made a forceful and passionate poetry that fused Modernist aesthetics with African-American cultural tradition, a poetry that registered the life of the streets and the upheavals of the 20th century. Starting with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Street in Bronzeville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1945), her epoch-making debut volume, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Essential Gwendolyn Brooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e traces the full arc of her career in all its ambitious scope and unexpected stylistic shifts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Her formal range,\" writes editor Elizabeth Alexander, \"is most impressive, as she experiments with sonnets, ballads, spirituals, blues, full and off-rhymes. She is nothing short of a technical virtuoso.\" That technical virtuosity was matched by a restless curiosity about the life around her in all its explosive variety. By turns compassionate, angry, satiric, and psychologically penetrating, Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry retains its power to move and surprise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the American Poets Project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today’s most discerning poets and critics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLibrary of America; First Edition (November 17, 2005)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e174 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1931082871\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1931082877\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.9 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.68 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gwendolyn Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39342896283818,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/5624\/0810\/products\/ScreenShot2021-02-02at11.18.23AM.png?v=1615393862","url":"https:\/\/seaburn-books.com\/products\/the-essential-gwendolyn-brooks","provider":"Seaburn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}