Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers This collection is not only

This collection is not only precise tenderness

He is recognized as a well-respected statesman and passionate advocate who has devoted his career to challenging racist systems and policies espoused by the American justice system

Exposing fallacies and reestablishing new and undistorted ways of viewing the formation of Western society

The contributors relate the poet's influences on their art

Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers This collection is not onlySeventeen writers, educators, and close friends of the late poet contribute their praise through this collection of brief anecdotes from actual encounters with Gwendolyn Brooks. The contributors relate the poet's influences on their art, their lives, and the world; expressing their indebtedness for the revolutionary language of her poems, her universal maternity, and her outstanding kindness. Some of Brook's most influential poems are included such