In Montgomery and other poems
by Gwendolyn Brooks

From the back cover:

As in music, as in griots singing, as in language mastered and matured beyond melodic roots, Gwendolyn Brooks in her poetry gave us the ivory and vegetation of her people. With the publication of In Montgomery, we read the final poems of this seminal poet. The courage of her ideas, the deep quality of her Blacklove and whispered melody of each poem beckons us to remember that greatness, that this gentle poet walked and worked among us. She willed poetry into our lives with her constant and consistent meditations on her world.

Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry fed America, especially the minds of young people. However, her compelling acts of imagination and originality elicit smiles and shouts of affirmation from all of us. In this extraordinary new collection of poetry, we enter into Brooks' final poetic landscape:  prophetic, advocacy for Black life, fine toned lines, engaging insights, and most of all, captivating language. Gwendolyn Brooks' voice rises to its own level of illumination. This book will open minds, cement her place in the "Canons," redefine her uniqueness, provoke new thought, and win new readers. With the wind in her hand, as in  trumpeter blowing, as in poet singing, as in sister of her people and master of the language, let us gladly receive this book, it is indeed her final musical heartbeat, harvest, and citation.

-- Haki R. Madhubuti, Poet, Distinguished University Professor and
 founder and director emeritus of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University

In Montgomery and other poems
by Gwendolyn Brooks

ISBN: 0883782324
Publisher: Third World Press
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Hardcover, 148 pages
Book Type: New