Brooks Legacy Programming

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    Announcing the 2025 GBOMA Finalists

    We are excited to announce the 2025 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA), selected by guest judge Dan “Sully” Sullivan: Barbara BarrowsChirskira CaillouetMars April CaultonSylvia EwingLisa FarverRocio FrancoGregorio GomezCrystal Vance GuerraWesley Frazier KeysMiguel MarzanaCiara MillerHilesh PatelSayeda QaderSandra SantiagoSamina Hadi-TabassumKara Rose Trojan Come out to support the finalists as they perform their works…

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    BrooksDay 2023

    June 7, 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of BrooksDay, the Guild Literary Complex’s annual celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks. This year, we joined forces with the Poetry Foundation to additionally celebrate the launch of One Poem, One Chicago, which started with a reissue of Brooks’ 1987 poetry collection Blacks (Third World Press). You can view the…