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Exquisite : the poetry and life of Gwendolyn Brooks (2020)

par Suzanne Slade

Autres auteurs: Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrateur)

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Juvenile Nonfiction. Language Arts. Reference. Sociology. Picture Book Nonfiction. HTML:A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917??2000) is known for her poems about "real life." She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty??showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression??all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own live… (plus d'informations)
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This book would be good for intermediate students. This book is "Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks" by Suzanna Slade, illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera, published in 2020. This book is about a girl named Gwendolyn and she grew up in a lower class family, but even if her family didn't have a lot of money, she still had poetry. She took inspiration from everything around her and wrote them down in beautiful poems. She turned in her poems to multiple places and kept getting rejected and also got rejected by her classmates for her skin being dark. She eventually found success after persevering a lot and won the Pulitzer Prize! Her hardworking had finally paid off. I would for sure have this book in my classroom to teach about a person from a different culture and to teach kids that hard work pays off.
  kcochell23 | Jan 25, 2024 |
Suzanne Slade presents another fantastic picture book about a historical figure. This time the author turns their pen to Gwendloyn Brooks, the Poet Lauret from Illinois, and the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. The book is a great tale. I do think it ends in an awkward place, but it gives the reader an idea of who Gwendolyn was and might make them interested in learning more. ( )
  LibrarianRyan | Sep 21, 2023 |
Exquisite does a really great job describing the life story of poet Gwendolyn Brooks while also interweaving some of her original poetry throughout the book. The illustrations are beautiful and it even provides a timeline of her life and a full poem of hers at the end.
  CaseyP | Feb 18, 2023 |
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, growing up to become the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. As the Poetry Foundation observes, “Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. She was a much-honored poet, even in her lifetime . . . .”

The author of this book for readers aged 6 and up reports that young Gwendolyn received a great deal of support from her parents, who had a bookcase filled with poems in their home. Each night, her father read some poems aloud, and Gwendolyn memorized them. When she was seven, Gwendolyn began writing poems of her own. Her mother praised her, saying, "You are going to be the lady Paul Laurence Dunbar." Dunbar, also a Black poet, was Gwendolyn’s favorite.

Writing became a part of Gwendolyn:

“ . . . It was something she just had to do. She carefully strung words together like elegant jewels in perfect meter and time.”

At age eleven, she mailed four of her poems to a newspaper and magazine. They were published, but then the Great Depression began. Money for the arts dried up, and for a while, all of her poems were rejected. Gwendolyn went to college, still reading and writing poetry, while working at menial jobs to support herself. She married another poet, and continued honing her craft. Eventually, her poems won contests and began to appear in print. She kept dreaming, the author writes, and collected her work into a book which she sent to a book publisher in New York. The publisher loved it, even asking for more poems, and the book eventually became A Street in Bronzeville.. A second book followed, Annie Allen, for which she won the greatest prize in poetry: the Pulitzer.

An Author’s Note tells readers that Gwendolyn Brooks went on to write fourteen more books. In her later years, she taught writing classes and sponsored contests to help inspire young poets. There is also a timeline, list of sources, and bibliography.

Illustrator Cozbi A. Cabrera used acrylics to create expressive pictures showing the aspects of Gwendolyn’s life depicted by the text.

You can read some of Brooks’ poems here.

Evaluation: Like other books about persistent girls with dreams who let nothing stand in their way, this one could well have been titled: “Nothing Stopped Gwendolyn!” Young readers will find encouragement and inspiration in her story. ( )
  nbmars | Apr 12, 2021 |
Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in poverty but had a rich love for poetry. She started to write poems at the age 7 and dreamed of an “ecstatically exquisite” future. I would recommend this book for students to learn how someone who came from poverty followed her dreams and became a poet despite the hardships. ( )
  Rmg052 | Mar 27, 2021 |
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Juvenile Nonfiction. Language Arts. Reference. Sociology. Picture Book Nonfiction. HTML:A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917??2000) is known for her poems about "real life." She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty??showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression??all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own live

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