Books ‘Annie Allen’ by Gwendolyn Brooks 28 Jan 202121 May 2021 Annie Allen (1949) was Gwendolyn Brooks's second poetry collection, published by Harper & Brothers on August 24, 1949, when she was 32 years old. Inspired by the epic poetry of…
Books ‘A Street in Bronzeville’ by Gwendolyn Brooks 21 Jan 202121 May 2021 A Street in Bronzeville (1945) was Gwendolyn Brooks's first poetry collection, published by Harper & Brothers in New York on August 18, 1945, when Brooks was only 28 years old.…
Books ‘With the Procession’ by Henry Blake Fuller 18 Jan 202123 May 2021 With the Procession (1895) was Henry Blake Fuller's fourth novel, a realist work of fiction set in Chicago like his previous book, The Cliff-Dwellers. It follows the prosperous Marshall family,…
Books… ‘The Cliff-Dwellers’ by Henry Blake Fuller 4 Jan 202121 May 2021 The Cliff-Dwellers (1893) was Henry Blake Fuller's third novel and his most widely read. While his first two novels were satirical romances set in Europe with almost no dialogue, The…
Books… ‘The Chatelaine of La Trinité’ 3 Jan 202123 May 2021 The Chatelaine of La Trinité (1892) was Henry Blake Fuller's second novel and a spiritual sequel to his first novel, The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani, though no characters or plot elements…
Books… ‘The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani’ by Henry Blake Fuller 2 Jan 202123 May 2021 The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani (1890) was Henry Blake Fuller's first novel. Set in more than a dozen Italian cities and featuring a mysterious, nomadic antihero, it was inspired by Fuller's…
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