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Nora Brooks Blakely

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Nora Brooks Blakely
Born (1951-09-08) September 8, 1951 (age 73)
Occupationauthor
ParentGwendolyn Brooks

Nora Brooks Blakely (born September 8, 1951)[1] is a literary editor and agent. She is the president of Brooks Permissions,[2] a permissions firm that manages the use of literary works by Gwendolyn Brooks and other authors.[3]

She has made public appearances and appeared in documentaries related to Chicago's literary scene, especially the Black Arts movement which grew out of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.[4][5][6]

Personal life

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She is the daughter of poet Gwendolyn Brooks and her husband, Henry Lowington Blakely Jr., who was known as "the Poet of 63rd Street".[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ Rhynes, Martha E. (2003). Gwendolyn Brooks : poet from Chicago (1st ed.). Greensboro, N.C.: Morgan Reynolds Pub. p. 50. ISBN 9781931798051.
  2. ^ "Brooks Permissions". Brooks Permissions. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ a b "LIT 50 2017". Newcity Lit. 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Nora Brooks Blakely". IMDb.
  5. ^ Schoenberg, Nara. "100 to perform for 100th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks' birth".
  6. ^ "Third World Press Foundation Celebrates 50 Years of Continuous Publishing". 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Henry Blakely, 79, `Poet Of 63d Street'". Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.