Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew up in the slums of Chicago. Brooks's poems deal with the experience of being black in America. She won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for Annie Allen

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Preacher, The: Ruminates behind the Sermon

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What English Romantic poet died while in Greece to help the cause of liberty?

Answer

Lord Byron. Byron didn't see military action in Greece; he was there to fight for Greek independence from Turkey when he was struck down by a fever which he contracted while planning a bold attack on the Turkish fortress at Lepanto.

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