people Gwendolyn Brooks 10 Jan 202128 Jan 2021 Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, novelist, and teacher who lived most of her life in the Bronzeville, Woodlawn, and Greater Grand Crossing neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side. Her second…
people Henry Blake Fuller 2 Jan 202121 May 2021 Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) was a novelist, dramatist, short story writer, critic, composer, and editor. Best known for his 1893 novel The Cliff-Dwellers, he was the first Chicago writer to…
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