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  <name><![CDATA[Maya Angelou]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969 which was nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>St. Louis, MO</hometown>  <born_at>04/04/1928</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Letter to My Daughter]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gather Together in My Name]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maya Angelou: Poems]]></title>
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