Реферат: Online Interviews With Gwendolyn Brooks Essay Research

immediately accessible and interesting, immediately interesting, to all manner of blacks,

not just college students though they’re included too. That kind of poem will feature

song, will be songlike, and yet still properly called poetry.

SC: Is that where you–?

Brooks: Are now.

SC: What about the future of black poetry in America, do you see any trends which you

think are going to be developed?

Brooks: I believe that events will dictate what turns black poetry takes next. A lot of

black poetry is being written now that seems to be interior poetry, poetry that goes

deeper into the interior to explore, but I believe that the writing concern will be coming

back outdoors just as soon as some things become blatantly obvious. A lot of stuff is

happening now that I believe will involve us all, and the poets, their writing, will

reflect what they’re experiencing, just as it did in the late 60’s.

SC: What would a few of these things be?

Brooks: Well, I’m sure your imagination can help you there–when you look at the

headlines and you listen to television, and you hear our various leaders urging Carter to

get over there and drop a few bombs (laughter).

SC: Everything getting more conservative….

Brooks: Well, I think that is what has been happening, but Conservatism can

go–look, I’m no sociologist but at least I think I can say this–Conservatism goes just

so far and then there’s a reaction against it, wouldn’t you agree to that? At least that’s

what’s been happening so far and I don’t expect the future to be much different. I do know

that the people, the blacks on the African continent, don’t seem inclined to lie down.

They’re getting fiercer and fiercer, and more and more interested in protecting

themselves. I don’t expect that to have a reverse. If you just let your imagination so

you’ll see that we’re in for some very lively poetry.

*The Editors at Artful Dodge debated for quite a while on whether to present

the full text of these interviews on our web page, or to give only brief taste of each

interview, hoping that you would send us$5.00 for a back issue in order to finish it.