Illinois Humanities is pleased to join the many groups working to honor the legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks this year. We are doing so by reviving the statewide youth poetry awards...

Sybil Wilkes, The Tom Joyner Morning Show In honor of the late Gwendolyn Brooks‘ centennial celebration Our Miss Brooks 100, Sybil Wilkes interviews author Quraysh Ali Lansana to discuss her...

Six students were honored for their poetry Tuesday night at the Gwendolyn Brooks Centenary Celebration and Poetry Contest. The event marked the end of a semester-long celebration honoring the former...

Discussing “Revise the Psalm” with Quraysh Ali Lansana and Sandra Jackson-Opoku By Toni Nealie Into the kitchenettes Gwendolyn Brooks takes us, into the alleys, the bars, the street corners, with...

“In order to be heard, one had to shout. Whispers were not heard at all.” With these words, former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove paid tribute to the fiercely original...