Everyone who has studied literature — at least English language literature — knows the famous quote from William Faulkner: "I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing."

Now poet Brenda Brooks has written a novel, Gotta Find Me an Angel, the title taken from the song made famous by Aretha Franklin. It is clearly a book written by a poet. She has the possibility to succeed in her new choice of expression,

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