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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
This Modern Library edition contains I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, and A Song Flung Up to Heaven.
When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garnered the attention of an int...more
When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garnered the attention of an int...more
Hardcover, 1184 pages
Published
September 21st 2004
by Modern Library
(first published September 21st 1995)
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Her attitude toward the men in her life was very frustrating, for me. I understand that she is a child of an earlier generation, and also a remarkable survivor. But often I wanted to shake her young self and scream "WHY DO YOU LET THEM SPEAK TO YOU THAT WAY?" So many of the black men in her stories seemed to want Dr. Du Bois's strength, but not his courtesy, and had forgotten (or never read) his exhortation to stop treating their mothers and sisters like servants and whores. "A Song Flung Up to...more
Maya Angelou is a fantastic story teller and now I see why. Her engagement with life in 1950s and 60s America is an incredible journey. Her love affair with Africa and her experiences as part of the Civil Rights movement- in her engagement with Dr King and Malcolm X provide a fantastic insight into life at that time and the very real struggles that a black woman, as a lone parent with incredible self made opportunities faced.
A really uplifting read for all women.
A really uplifting read for all women.
I was initially hesitant, being a huge fan of her work, but knowing that the book was not written by her. The authors did a wonderful job of allowing the reader to trace Dr. Angelou's life from a perspective not available via her autobiographies. I read this as I was on a flight to Ghana, for the first time, and truly enjoyed seeing the images in the book from her time spent in the city. A quick and fun read.
I was so excited to get all the autobiographies together!
Her words are incredibly inspiring to me, and I have loaned this book out to many of my students to get them interested in reading.
Her words are incredibly inspiring to me, and I have loaned this book out to many of my students to get them interested in reading.
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I loved this collection, I can't believe I had not read them before. It was a massive book when they are all together but I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want it to end.
This book is a fascinating account of African history from the great depression to the eighties. Along my journey with Maya Angelou, I met movers and shakers of an era.
Jul 28, 2011
Nikki
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Finally...I have read her series....been waiting so long since I read the first installment....the wait has not been in vain!
Good literature, but I have not had the discipline to finish the book. But its a great collection to have
I've read a lot of books and this one had more impact than almost any other. This is an amazing collection that literally changed my life (or at least my way of thinking about the world). I had previously read her best known works, but this included several pieces about her earlier life that were completely amazing. Did you know Maya Angelou was at different times homeless, a lounge singer, a pimp, a mistress, a single mother? Me neither. She's very open and honest about her triumphs and mistake...more
She is an amazing author. I really enjoyed the literature. She is a great story teller.
Maya is an amazing writer! She is poetically beautiful and rich in experience. I love her blunt innocence and desire for life. She really captures her memories of childhood traumas and takes you there to where you feel compassion for both victim and perpetrator. It’s a hard read but I'm just taking it slow and really enjoying her literature. So far I have finished “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” and started “Gather in My Name”. It’s been a great history lesson for me of real segregation in the...more
Apr 20, 2012
Brenette
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Amazing and inspiring author
An extraordinary collection of books from an extraordinary woman!
1st edition thus, signed & inscribed by author
I used to teach I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and was perpetually moved and inspired by it--and by the way my students reacted to it. Eventually, I decided to get off (or on?) my ass and read the rest of her autobiographies. Holy shit!!! This woman is whacked--in an awesome way. Did you know she used to pimp lesbian whores? These books are fascinating.
10/25/12
Finished "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" - will read "Heart of a Woman" next - but want to read something else in between...
9/22/12
I've read these several times before and am in the mood to read them again. This volume is actually all of them - I'm reading them one at a time - started "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" today.
Finished "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" - will read "Heart of a Woman" next - but want to read something else in between...
9/22/12
I've read these several times before and am in the mood to read them again. This volume is actually all of them - I'm reading them one at a time - started "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" today.
I have read these books separately over a few years, and I really enjoyed reading them together in one compilation. What an amazing life, what an amazing story and what an amazing woman!
I haven't read this anthology, but I have read many of her autobiography. She has so much to offer.... the story of strength and survival.
Amazing, wonderful. One of the books that I'm basing my senior project on; I would read it (and recommend it) regardless.
The richest prose on earth brought about by the most interesting life on earth. This is a must read.
Love the depth with which she writes and the meaning that comes from her soul to your soul.
Amazing! I read parts of it and listened to parts of it. Wonderful experience.
One of the most interesting and inspiring books I have ever read.
wonderful to finally have all maya's books in one anthology!
Fascinating and inspiring. An incredible life story.
what a life. just read the whole series.
Great collections of stories
i wanna read this....
Never read anything from Maya Angelou I didnt love.
Jun 18, 2013
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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 no...more
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