Film, Video Literary Birthday Celebration: Gwendolyn Brooks

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Title

Literary Birthday Celebration: Gwendolyn Brooks

Summary

Poets Kyle Dargan and Janice Harrington celebrate the birthday of American poet Gwendolyn Brooks by reading selections from her work and discussing her influence on their own writing.

Event Date

June 07, 2012

Related Resources

Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/

Running Time

1 hours 13 seconds

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(2012) Literary Birthday Celebration: Gwendolyn Brooks. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-5580/.

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