This examination of detail illuminated the sweet joys and bitter struggles of African-Americans’ daily life, as seen in “Kitchenette Building”: “‘Dream’ makes a giddy sound not strong ...

Kitchenette Building Gwendolyn Brooks was an African-American, born in 1917. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her second book of poetry and was the first African American to win it for any kind of ...

Others won’t. Kahn wrote one of the poems, inspired by Ms. Brooks’ poem “Kitchenette Building,” which begins: We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan… ...

Kahn also shared a personal poem named for the line "Grayed in, and gray" from Brooks's poem "Kitchenette Building." He also discussed memories of meeting Brooks and spoke of her approachability, ...

July episode “The Poetry of Close Quarters” focuses on Gwendolyn Brook’s ode to low-rent living, “kitchenette building,” discussed by host Curtis Fox and Chicago poet Hannah Brooks-Motl.