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Principal Works

*all are volumes of poetry unless otherwise noted

A Street in Bronzeville. New York: Harper, 1945. Contains "The Mother" and "Southeast Corner."

Annie Allen. New York: Harper, 1949.

Maud Martha (novel). New York: Harper, 1953.

Bronzeville Boys and Girls. New York: Harper, 1956.

The Bean Eaters. New York: Harper, 1960. Contains "The Bean Eaters" and "We Real Cool."

Selected Poems. New York: Harper, 1963.

In the Mecca. New York: Harper, 1968.

Riot. Detroit: Broadside, 1969.

Family Pictures. Detroit: Broadside, 1970.

Aloneness. Detroit: Broadside, 1971.

The World of Gwendolyn Brooks (omnibus volume). New York: Harper, 1971.

Report from Part One (autobiography). Detroit: Broadside, 1972.

Aurora. Detroit: Broadside, 1972.

The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves: or, You Are What You Are (juvenile). Chicago: Third World, 1974.

Beckonings. Detroit: Broadside, 1975.

A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing (manual, with others). Detroit: Broadside.

Primer for Blacks. Chicago: Brooks, 1980.

Young Poet's Primer (manual). Chicago: Brooks, 1981.

To Disembark. Chicago: Third World, 1981.

Very Young Poets (manual). Chicago: Brooks, 1983.

Blacks (omnibus volume). Chicago: David, 1987.

The Near-Johannesburg Boy, and Other Poems. Chicago: David, 1987.

Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle. Chicago: David, 1988.

Winnie. Chicago: Third World, 1988.

Children Coming Home. Chicago: David, 1991.

Report from Part Two (autobiography). Chicago: Third World, 1995.

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Biography

George Kent. Gwendolyn Brooks: A Life. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988.

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Selected Biography and Criticism

Haki R. Madhubuti. Say That the River Turns: The Impact of Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago: Third World, 1987.

D. H. Melhem. Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987.

Maria K. Mootry and Gary Smith, ed. Gwendolyn Brooks, Her Poetry and Fiction. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987.

Harry F. Shaw. Gwendolyn Brooks. Boston: Twayne, 1980.

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