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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

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Gwendolyn Brooks
Age: 83 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 7
Died: 2000
Died: December 3
Novelist
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Topeka
Kansas
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
Life
Began
Became
Early
Achieve
Playing
Wonder
Words
Wonders
Language
Fascinated

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