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>Chicago media is reporting the death of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She may
>have been one of the original performance poets. She has been to the
>school where I teach twice recently, when she was 80 and when she was 82
>years old. We had some concerns before she arrived the first time, but
>we couldn't have been more off base! She was a spark plug holding 600
>kids on the edges of their seats while she talked, did some poetry and
>showed all of us a little bit of who she is and a little bit of who we
>are. Best part came after she was off the stage and talking to the
>kids. Any student who even vaguely referred to writing had Ms. Brooks
>reaching in to this huge bag she brought along, pulling out one of her
>books, and writing encouraging notes to the students. She did that for
>about 2 hours!
> I feel a great sadness that she is gone.
>
>Henry S
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