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    <![CDATA[In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator.<p>Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks (it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett), and even writes music for the production.<p>In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine.<p>The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book takes Maya from a houseboat in Sausalito, CA, to Los Angeles, to New York City, to London, to Cairo, and ends in Ghana. In between, she is working as night club act, pursuing writing and working as the director of the SCLC office in Harlem; married to a South African freedom fighter (and a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19268995">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator.<p>Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks (it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett), and even writes music for the production.<p>In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine.<p>The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the fourth installment of Maya Angelou's autobiographical series. I did not enjoy this one as much as the previous installments, although I did still like it.<br/><br/>I think this one was a little more uncomfortable to read, because it comes off as more of an indictment against all white...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43250534">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator.<p>Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks (it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett), and even writes music for the production.<p>In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine.<p>The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gave me a better insight into the life of this poet. This book looks at a 10 year period during which Maya works as a nightclub singer to raise money to support herself and her young son, marries and then divorces a South African freedom fighter, becomes involved in the civil rights moveme...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66182365">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this woman! She's fabulous and strong and powerful. I really enjoy her stories and reading about the life that she's lead. We should all have the confidence and power that she does. This is a very inspirational book and all my ladies should read it. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ms. Angelou's life has been one with many downs and few ups. I cried a few time while reading this engrossing novel. After the hardships, she emerged a powerful, wise woman.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a long time ago.  I don't remeber it well but I really like her books when I was a teenager. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The strength of Maya Angelou is incredible. I found myself overcome with tears and amazement.I Love this book]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I knew nothing about this book when starting, so I was surprised to find out it was a biography. That said, it was nuts. I hope that her attitudes toward white people have changed. I would hate to think that we can't hang out because we have divergent cultural backgrounds. If so, she can bite me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book...but how could I expect not to it's Maya...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Each book just makes her life story even more unbelievable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[She is a wonderful woman to follow through her evolution.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy Maya Angelou, so this was invigorating!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator.<p>Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks (it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett), and even writes music for the production.<p>In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine.<p>The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's to another strong woman.  Great book.]]></body>
    
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