![]() ![]() Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century and by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) 4.2 (412) Paperback 15.49 18.00 Save 14 Hardcover 25.00 Paperback 15.49 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 0.00 Audio CD 22. Her portrait is a biblical study in life in the midst of death" (James Baldwin). I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood, when the people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved. I 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. Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. I 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.James Baldwin From the Hardcover edition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by revered author, poet, and activist Maya Angelou is the first of seven autobiographical works that reveal her early life. "This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Roger Stephens, Joy! Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. ![]() ![]() Octavo, original first issue book, with the top edge stained red. First edition of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. ![]()
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