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Book Cover for: Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice, Haki R. Madhubuti

Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice

Haki R. Madhubuti

For over thirty years, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Haki R. Madhubuti shared a unique literary and personal relationship. In this latest volume of his work, Madhubuti, a renowned poet in his own right, pays tribute to Brooks' legacy and memory with this collection of poems that he produced during those years. He also offers two essays and a selection of newer poems to express his gratitude and show his great respect for this literary giant.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Third World Press
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2012
  • Pages: 101
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 0.30in - 0.35lb
  • EAN: 9780883783252
  • Categories: American - African American & Black

About the Author

Haki R. Madhubuti has published more than 28 books, and founded Third World Press, an African American book publishing house, in 1967. He is also a founder of the Institute of Positive Education/New Concept School, co-founder of Betty Shabazz International Charter School, Barbara A. Sizemore Middle School, and DuSable Leadership Academy. In 2010, Madhubuti was awarded the Hurston/Wright Legacy Poetry Prize for his book Liberation Narratives.