A Street in Bronzeville
Date: 1945
Inventory Number: MUS-117-0003
Classification: Book
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Dimensions:
19.5 × 12.1 × 1 cm (7 11/16 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Description:
A small hardcover black book missing the dust cover. The title and author's name are on the front in slightly reflective bronze print on an orange stripe. The spine is brown with title, author, and publisher in slightly reflective print. 57 pages. First edition.
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Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksGwendolyn Brooks published A Street in Bronzeville in 1945 with Harper & Brothers Publishers. Bronzeville is a historically Black neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, where Brooks lived most of her life. In 1950, Brooks was the first Black author to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Brooks wrote and published prolifically and has had an enormous impact on American poetry and on the creative culture of Chicago.
Brooks' other notable works include Annie Allen, Maud Martha, and In the Mecca.
The book is dedicated to Brooks's parents, David and Keziah.
Brooks' other notable works include Annie Allen, Maud Martha, and In the Mecca.
The book is dedicated to Brooks's parents, David and Keziah.
ProvenancePurchased on eBay 2019.
Published ReferencesGrigsby Bates, Karen. “Remembering The Great Poet Gwendolyn Brooks At 100.” NPR, May 29, 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/29/530081834/remembering-the-great-poet-gwendolyn-brooks-at-100.
“Gwendolyn Brooks.” Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks.