Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks
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The Atlantic's The Great American Novels · theatlantic.com
"Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and Elizabeth Bishop's stories were just there because I needed to think about how poets write prose."
By the Book: Margo Jefferson · nytimes.com
"My favorites are Gwendolyn Brooks's "Maud Martha" and Mercé Rodoreda's "The Time of the Doves," both books that deal with war"
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