The Girl Who Could Write and Unite by Maya Cointreau

Author:Maya Cointreau [Cointreau, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Earth Lodge
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

At the age of 32 on May 1st, 1950, Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her book of verse Annie Allen detailing life in the Bronzeville area on the South Side of Chicago. The volume won by unanimous decision among the judges and beat out notable contenders such as Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams for its originality, refinement and precision of craft. Said fellow author Richard Wright:

“She easily catches the pathos of petty destinies; the whimper of the wounded; the tiny incidents that plague the lives of the desperately poor, and the problem of color prejudice... of how dreams are drowned out by the noises, smells, and the frantic desire to grab one’s chance to get a bath when the bathroom is empty. Miss Brooks is real and so are her poems.”

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