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Maud Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha

Third World Press (Oct 01, 1992)
9780883780619
| Paperback
180 pages | 140 x 220 mm | English
Dewey 813.54
LC Classification PS3503.R7244 .M3 1993
LC Control No. 92063012

Subject

  • African American Women
  • Fiction / General

Plot

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 symbolize some of Brooks' most provocative writing. In a novel that captures the essence of Black life, Brooks recognizes the beauty and strength that lies within each of us.