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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Angelou, Maya

Maya Angelou (mī´ə ăn´jəlōō), 1928–, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess (1954–55), then sang in New York City nightclubs, joined the Harlem Writers Guild, and took part in several off-Broadway productions, including Genet's The Blacks and her own Cabaret for Freedom (1960). During the 1960s she was active in the African-American political movement; she subsequently spent several years in Ghana as editor of the African Review. Her six autobiographical volumes (1970–2002), beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, have generally been well-received. She has also published several volumes of poetry, including And I Still Rise (1987). Angelou read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Clinton in 1993.

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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, 1998

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Understanding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
Joanne Megna-Wallace. Greenwood Press, 1998

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Maya Angelou: A Critical Companion
Mary Jane Lupton. Greenwood Press, 1998

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 3 "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970)"

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Opposing Censorship in the Public Schools: Religion, Morality, and Literature
June Edwards. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 11 "Religion and Morality in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou"

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Our Mothers, Our Selves: Writers and Poets Celebrating Motherhood
Karen J. Donnelly; J. B. Bernstein. Bergin & Garvey, 1996

Librarian’s tip: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (excerpt)" begins on p. 83

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The Anatomy of Memory: An Anthology
James McConkey. Oxford University Press, 1996

Librarian’s tip: "From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" begins on p. 254

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Women in Literature: Reading through the Lens of Gender
Jerilyn Fisher; Ellen S. Silber. Greenwood Press, 2003

Librarian’s tip: "A Song of Freedom: Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)" begins on p. 147

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