To know me is to know that Gwendolyn Brooks is one of my favorite poets. I fell in love with her work as a child when I first heard "We Real Cool" and we became common-law later on once I memorized "The Mother". To this day, "Beverly Hills, Chicago" remains one of my favorite poems. Brooks' distinctive way of bringing words together captures sentiments that I may not have been able to capture without her, and this quote is an example of that. At a time when the nation is so divided, let's reflect on this.
