Book
I know why the caged bird sings
Record details
- ISBN: 0375507892
- ISBN: 9780375507892
- ISBN: 9780812980028 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Random House, 2015, ©1969.
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published 1969. Copyright renewed 1997. Foreword copyright 2015 by Oprah Winfrey. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | B A584a 2015 (Text) | 33126020722603 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Covington Branch | B A584a 2015 (Text) | 33126022411387 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | B A584a 2015 (Text) | 33126022411361 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 05/21/2024 |
| Independence Branch | B A584a 2015 (Text) | 33126022411379 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums. - Random House, Inc.
Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBSâs American Masters.
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local âpowhitetrash.â At eight years old and back at her motherâs side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageâand has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (âI met and fell in love with William Shakespeareâ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
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âI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.ââJames Baldwin - Random House, Inc.
Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBSâs American Masters.
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local âpowhitetrash.â At eight years old and back at her motherâs side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageâand has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (âI met and fell in love with William Shakespeareâ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Â
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
âI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.ââJames Baldwin