A local poet had given me the wrong rules for the Illinois Poet Laureate Award, but Brooks bent them for me....
As I was living in a home for pregnant girls when I received this telegram, sadly I didn't attend the ceremony.
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Showing posts with label Illinois Poet Laureate Award. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
The Gwendolyn Brooks Illinois Poet Laureate Award, 1986
A local poet had given me the wrong rules for the Illinois Poet Laureate Award, but Brooks bent them for me....
As I was living in a home for pregnant girls when I received this telegram, sadly I didn't attend the ceremony.
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