June 7, 2017 is the 100th Anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks and we’re celebrating in many ways, including the June Poetry issue dedicated to Miss Brooks and our exhibition, Matter in the Margins (where you can see many of these pics), which showcases highlights from the literary archives of Gwendolyn E. Brooks (1917–2000), Illinois Poet Laureate and the first black winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Brooks’s papers include youthful poetry and prose, scrapbooks of pieces she published as a young woman, extensive correspondence with a significant roster of other writers, and manuscript drafts and proofs, especially after she left mainstream publishing to produce her works with black-owned presses.
See a slideshow with more Brooks pics here and come to our exhibit opening, June 16!