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Maya Angelou’s 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 PBS’s 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 Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
 
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 “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and 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 (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
 
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

“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 Publisher

James Baldwin says, “Liberates the reader…such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”James Baldwin says, “Liberates the reader…such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”

Words mean more than what is set down to paper. It take the human voice to infuse them.Words mean more than what is set down to paper. It take the human voice to infuse them.

The world has taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.The world has taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.

The Black woman in the South who raises sons had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose.The Black woman in the South who raises sons had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (April 21, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345514408
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345514400
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1010L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.15 x 0.82 x 6.84 inches