Maud Martha | Litsy

Maud Martha | Gwendolyn Brooks

So excited I‘m overwhelmed I love absolutely everything and I‘m so using this paper in my journal ♥️♥️♥️

I‘m so excited for these books!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you so so much!
#BlitsySwap Megan I just love it all♥️♥️♥️

Chelleo, TheKidUpstairs

TheKidUpstairs I'm so glad you like it! There is still one package heading your way, straight from the vendor, with something that pairs well with poetry in the mornings. So be on the look out for a package from "Sip and Sonder" ? 14mo

Aimeesue Maud Martha ❤️❤️❤️ 14mo

TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs oh how fun!!! 14mo

TheBookHippie @Aimeesue I‘m so excited ! 14mo

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Tamra

Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo | Gwendolyn Brooks

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How did I get this far along in life and not have discovered Maud Martha until now?

Brooks‘ amazing craft allows readers to feel Maud‘s internal and external worlds. It‘s more akin to being Maud rather than reading Maud.

All the praise! 💜 I‘ve just ordered an edition of her collected poetry.

EvieBee You make me want to read this asap. Also great picture! 2y

Ruthiella I read some of her poetry when I read Maud Martha and there are similarities. I think you‘ll like it! 2y

Leftcoastzen She is an amazing writer & poet . I felt the same way about it, why didn‘t I hear about It sooner! 2y

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batsy Lovely review! I agree with everything. 2y

Cathythoughts Wonderful ! I have it stacked already 👍🏻♥️ 2y

CarolynM Stacked🙂 2y

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Tamra

Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo | Gwendolyn Brooks

What a pleasant Saturday morning. ☺️ Sun is streaming through the windows and the fall colors are glorious!

I am savoring every word of each tiny chapter of this poetic novel.

ravenlee What lovely yarn! Beautiful colors. 2y

MrsK Knitting, and a book…add a cup of tea and I‘m right there with you 🥰 2y

EvieBee Looks so cozy and autumnal. 2y

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erzascarletbookgasm Lovely photo. Your pretty teacup matches the book! 💙 2y

Suet624 Sun, knitting and fantastic fall colors here too. I get nervous and a bit sad as winter approaches, but I keep having to remind myself that fall is just spectacular. 2y

LeahBergen So pretty! What are you knitting? I just started a big chunky scarf. 2y

Tamra @ravenlee @MrsK @EvieBee @erzascarletbookgasm thank you! I‘m hoping for a repeat today. 🤞🏾 2y

Tamra @Suet624 me too, especially the short daylight. I try to think of all things cozy. 2y

Tamra @LeahBergen thank you! It is my first shawl/scarf. It is a mesmerizing pattern that you just want to keep working on. 😵‍💫 Which color(s) did you pick for your scarf??? (edited) 2y

LeahBergen Black like my heart. 🤣🤣🤣 I prefer knitting with lighter colours actually, but I chose black for this one to go with a specific coat I own. 2y

Tamra @LeahBergen well that‘s perfect for the season! 🖤🖤😉 2y

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Tamra

Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo | Gwendolyn Brooks

Up next! Looking forward to this one given all of the love it has received. 💙

batsy I found this a quiet gem, and unexpectedly uplifting. Hope you enjoy it! 2y

LeahBergen I love this cover. 2y

Cathythoughts Sounds wonderful! Stacking 2y

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batsy

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One of my favourite forms: a novel of vignettes. It's so effortlessly pulled off here that I wonder why more writers don't write novels in this way, but of course this is Brooks's writing with a poet's eye. It's easier to fill a book to the brim with superfluous details than it is to pare each sentence down like a fine-cut jewel. And what a gem this is about a working class Black woman's life in 1940s Chicago. I love that it's a book that doesn't

batsy see the need to over-explain, with an eye towards tugging at the reader's heartstrings, about the realities of racism, or the colourism that permeates the Black community. Brooks confidently stages the scene without delving into Maud Martha's state of being in a maudlin way, & trusts that the reader can make the leap. As Margo Jefferson says in her elegant intro: "Maud Martha doesn't deny racism's power, but she denies its power to rule her life." 2y

Cathythoughts What a beautiful description ‘ pare each sentence down like a fine cut jewel‘ Stunning review ❤️ 2y

batsy @Cathythoughts Thank you, Cathy 😘 2y

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Leftcoastzen Great review! I felt the same way about it , especially the beauty of the writing & trusting the reader to understand without over explaining.Brooks was amazing. 2y

Tamra Must check out! 😃 2y

erzascarletbookgasm Wonderful review! I must look this up too! 2y

batsy @Leftcoastzen Thank you! It's sad to think there's just this one novel. I've read a bit of her poetry but not enough; I'll be sure to fix that! 2y

batsy @Tamra @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you! It's beautiful but spare, and goes by quickly. 2y

Ruthiella Great review! I suspect writers don‘t give us novels in vignettes more often because it is probably more difficult than it seems! 2y

Bookwomble This was an impulse read for me earlier in the year, and I thought it was fantastic, too 😊 2y

batsy @Ruthiella Yes! It requires great skill and discipline; a genuine ability with words. 2y

batsy @Bookwomble Yes, I remember seeing that you liked it! 💜 2y

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Bookwomble

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Perfect writing, as might be expected from a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. As Brooks initially intended this short novel to be a poem, it's wonderfully lyrical.
Following the life of Maud Martha in snapshots from childhood to womanhood, Brooks throws a revealing light on misogyny, racism and colourism, and although the term wouldn't be coined for several decades, on the intersectionality of these issues on Maud Martha's experience of life. 5❤️

batsy Lovely review! It's such a beautiful edition, too. 2y

Bookwomble @batsy Thank you ? I've a couple of these "Faber Editions". I do like the design aesthetic, and the French flaps add a little extra something, I feel. 2y

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Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo | Gwendolyn Brooks

“To create - a role, a poem, picture, music, a rapture in stone: great. But not for her.
What she wanted was to donate to the world a good Maud Martha. That was the offering, the bit of art, that could not come from any other.
She would polish and hone that.”

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Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo | Gwendolyn Brooks

I need something a little less tome-like than A Glastonbury Romance to read as I walk to the shop, and Gwendolyn Brooks's Maude Martha fits the bill nicely.

Leftcoastzen ❤️ 2y

batsy I really want to read this! 🤩 2y

Bookwomble @batsy I'm only on page 33, but it's good so far 🙂 2y

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Known for her poetry (1st African-American to win the Pulitzer for poetry in 1950) Brooks also wrote this slim novel. Told in vignettes, in often in a poetic style, we get the story of Maud Martha from girlhood to marriage and her first child in early to mid century Chicago. Evocative and occasionally heartbreaking, this glimpse into Maud Martha‘s hopes and disappointments.

#Booked2022 Black owned imprint https://thirdworldpressfoundation.org/

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Leftcoastzen I remember liking this one. 2y

Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen I am a zero when it comes to appreciating poetry, but this was beautifully told. 2y

Cinfhen This sounds really good 😊 #stacked 2y

Ruthiella @Cinfhen I hope you like it! 😀 2y

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Maud Martha | Gwendolyn Brooks

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Beautifully written and deep.

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The only novel from Gwendolyn Brooks who in 1940 became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. The novel captures the everyday experience of an African American woman in the 1940s reflecting on her childhood, marriage and motherhood.
#readingwomenchallenge2019 (novella)
#centuryreadchallenge

Reggie Did it make you feel a certain way? 5y

mreads @Reggie Sad maybe? I don't think that's necessarily what the author wants but I'm white and the novel is not about anything extraordinary just about everyday life for a average looking dark skinned black woman and how she's treated in her community and by whites. It 5y

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