The Resume

(June 7, 1917-December 3, 2000)
Born in Topeka, Kansas
Raised in Chicago
Wrote poetry collections 'A Street in Bronzeville' (1945), 'Annie Allen' (1949), 'Bronzeville Boys and Girls' (1956), 'The Bean Eaters' (1960), 'In the Mecca' (1968), 'Report From Part One' (1972), 'Primer for Blacks' (1987), 'Children Coming Home' (1991) and 'In Montgomery' (2003)
Wrote novel 'Maud Martha' (1953)
Poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (1985)
Jefferson Lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (1994)

Why she might be annoying:

Her parents forbade her from playing with other children on her street.
She kept to herself in high school.
Her earlier poetry has been criticized for not being concerned enough with social and racial issues.
On the other hand, her later work has been labeled too 'political.'
'We Real Cool,' a poem about high school dropouts, has ironically become a classroom staple.

Why she might not be annoying:

She published her first poem at age 13.
Langston Hughes encouraged her writing when she was a teenager.
She was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize.
She became a key figure in the Black Arts movement in 1967.
She switched from major publishing houses in favor of smaller presses.
She held workshops and contests for inner-city children.
Rita Dove said her poems 'weren't afraid to take the language and revamp it, twist it and energize it.'

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6071917)
• Ebony Magazine's 100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the 20th Century [March 1999]
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 2]
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [A-C]
• I Died in 2000 (Ranked: 83)
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Durag
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1988)
• Poet.org's Top 20 Poets [Spring 2006] (Ranked: 13)
• Poets
• Poets.org's Most Popular Audio Poems [Fall 2009] (Ranked: 3)
• Poets.org's Top 20 Poets [Spring 2007] (Ranked: 6)
• Poets.org's Top 25 Historical Poets [Fall 2009] (Ranked: 11)
• Profiles 20001-20250 (Ranked: 20166)
• Teachers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 155 Votes: 45.16% Annoying