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by Quraysh Ali Lansana (Editor), Georgia A. Popoff (Editor), Sonia Sanchez (Introduction by)
Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work.
Author Biography
Quraysh Ali Lansana has written and edited over a dozen books. He teaches writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent titles include The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop.
Georgia A. Popoff, is a poet, educator, and editor, whose third collection is Psalter: The Agnostic's Book of Common Curiosities. She co-authored Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community, with Quraysh Ali Lansana.Sonia Sanchez-award-winning poet, activist, scholar, and formerly the Laura Carnell professor of English and women's studies at Temple University-is the author of sixteen books, including Like the Singing Coming off the Drums, Does Your House Have Lions?, Wounded in the House of a Friend, and Shake Loose My Skin.
