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    The document provides context about the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. It discusses that Brooks was the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize and highlights some of her accomplishments. It also prompts the reader to consider how they see themselves in Brooks' poetry and to write a short fictional follow up poem about how the character is fifty years after the events in "We Real Cool."

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    The document provides context about the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. It discusses that Brooks was the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize and highlights some of her accomplishments. It also prompts the reader to consider how they see themselves in Brooks' poetry and to write a short fictional follow up poem about how the character is fifty years after the events in "We Real Cool."

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    We Real Cool: Gwendolyn Brooks

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    The document provides context about the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. It discusses that Brooks was the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize and highlights some of her accomplishments. It also prompts the reader to consider how they see themselves in Brooks' poetry and to write a short fictional follow up poem about how the character is fifty years after the events in "We Real Cool."

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    THE POOL PLAYERS.

    We Real Cool
    SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN
    SHOVEL. Gwendolyn Brooks
    We real cool. We
    Left school. We

    Lurk late. We
    Strike straight. We

    Sing sin. We
    Thin gin. We

    Jazz June. We
    Die Soon.
    - Born: June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas Died: December 2, 2000 in Chicago
    - was an American poet and teacher.
    About Brooks
    She was the first black person (the term she less preferred to as an
    African-American) to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1950).
    Received many honors.
    Wrote more than 20 books of poetry in her lifetime
    Served as poet laureate of Illinois from 1968 up to her death.
    Was a chronicler of black life.
    Responding to the poem

    How do you see yourself, as a reader, in Brooks' poetry?

    PAIR-BY-PAIR WORK
    Many years later
    Write an equally short fictional poem that demonstrates any of the ff
    ideas:
    1. How the character's days in the pool hall has influenced who he is
    today, nearly fifty years later.
    2. How he is like today after 50 years, in terms of well-being.

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