Fiction1953

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Novel-in-vignettes following a Black woman's ordinary life in Chicago, examining colorism and dignity.

Literary Significance

Brooks's only novel; quiet revolutionary portrait of Black womanhood

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