A review by macklin
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks

I got this almost a year ago during my birthday bookcrawl and I said I would read all of the books bought that day before I do another birthday bookcrawl. The planned date is coming up and I am now done three of the 6/7. I think I liked this one the most so far. I loved how it spans the author’s entire career and seeing all the history in lines. I’m