Maud Martha

September 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of Maud Martha, the only novel published by esteemed poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Initially entitled American Family Brown the work would eventually come to symbolise some of Brooks' most provocative writing. In a novel that captures the essence of Black life, Brooks recognises the beauty and strength that lies within each of us.

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer prize (1950), and she was the poetry consultant for the Library of Congress and the Poet Laureate of Illinois.

1. description of Maud Martha

1

(3)

2. spring landscape: detail

4

(3)

3. love and gorillas

7

(4)

4. death of Grandmother

11

(5)

5. you're being so good, so kind

16

(3)

6. at the Regal

19

(4)

7. Tim

23

(5)

8. home

28

(5)

9. Helen

33

(7)

10. first beau

40

(2)

11. second beau

42

(5)

12. Maud Martha and New York

47

(5)

13. low yellow

52

(4)

14. everybody will be surprised

56

(4)

15. the kitchenette

60

(5)

16. the young couple at home

65

(4)

17. Maud Martha spares the mouse

69

(3)

18. we're the only colored people here

72

(7)

19. if you're light and have long hair

79

(10)

20. a birth

89

(11)

21. posts

100

(2)

22. tradition and Maud Martha

102

(6)

23. kitchenette folks

108

(19)

24. an encounter

127

(7)

25. the self-solace

134

(9)

26. Maud Martha's tumor

143

(3)

27. Paul in the 011 Club

146

(5)

28. brotherly love

151

(3)

29. millinery

154

(4)

30. at the Burns-Cooper's

158

(6)

31. on Thirty-fourth Street

164

(2)

32. Mother comes to call

166

(5)

33. tree leaves leaving trees

171

(6)

34. back from the wars!

177

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