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I love her poem "We Real Cool," this is a poem about kids playing pool.

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I heard her read poetry in a Chicago bookstore, she drew a big crowd.

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Ms. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas a children's magazine published her first poem when she was 13.

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Ms. Brooks is also a teacher, many colleges and universities have given her honorary degrees.

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Gwendolyn Brooks loves people you can tell that the first time you meet her.

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Until she got stung by a bee.

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When Ms. Brooks was reading her poems, she made eye contact with each of us.

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She grew up in Chicago, this city provided the setting for her first book of poems.

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