Bibliography

Gerry, Thomas M. F. Contemporary Canadian and U.S. Women of Letters: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993, 287 p.

Bibliographies of various North American women writers.

Loff, Jon N. "Gwendolyn Brooks: A Bibliography." CLA Journal 17, no. 1 (September 1973): 21-32.

Record of Brooks's published works and a listing of reviews and essays on her writings.

Biographies

Kent, George E. A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1990, 287 p.

Biography of Brooks, compiled with her full cooperation, by a long-time admirer of her work.

Melham, D. H. Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987, 270 p.

Biography, analysis and bibliographical materials.

Shaw, Harry B. Gwendolyn Brooks. Boston: Twayne, 1980, 200 p.

Comprehensive coverage of Brooks's life with critical essays on her major publications.

Criticism

Burr, Zofia. "Reading Gwendolyn Brooks Across Audiences." In Of Women, Poetry, and Power: Strategies of Address in Dickinson, Miles, Brooks...