Sold for:
$732
$732
Hand-written notes on a legal pad signed ("Gwendolyn Brooks") on the second page, six pages. On the first page, Brooks refers to a possible table of contents for a compilation she entitles "Blacks: Volume II," which would later become The remaining pages comprise a title page and preliminary drafts of three poems from (1991) wherein each poem is in the voice of the child whose name makes up the title, such as "Superbe" and "Richardine." Poems include: "Superbe/A Something of My Own." 6 lines, dated August 1, 1991; "God is a White Gorilla." 18 lines; "Richardine: White Girls are Particular People." 15 lines, bottom portion lacking.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05
