Gwendolyn B. Bennett — a remark

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“Could I mark this day I should put a black ring around it as one of the saddest days I have ever spent.”

Recording an intense moment of loneliness and homesickness in Paris · Diary, France

About Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Gwendolyn B. Bennett

8 July 1902–30 May 1981

Gwendolyn B. Bennett was a radiant force in American literature and art, a woman whose life wove together the threads of creativity, resilience, and quiet revolution during one of the most electrifying cultural awakenings in the nation's history. Born on July 8, 1902, in Giddings, Texas, and passing away on May 30…

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