Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, was 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 nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Here is a book as joyous and painful, and 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 first memoir, published in 1969 is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to 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.” When she journeys at eight to her mother’s side in St. Louis, she is attacked by a man many times her age. Years later, in San Francisco, she learns about love for herself–and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. The kindness of others, Maya’s 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–now in a beautiful keepsake edition– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds as long as people read.
Maya Angelou, nee Marguerite Johnson, writer, dancer, singer and civil-rights activist, died on May 28th, aged 86 WHEN she was eight, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. That was the year her mother's boyfriend raped her. But worse than that, worse than the ter...
評分 評分英文版读的时间长了也就不烧脑了。大学时教过一个爱尔兰外教汉语,一次在她家里,她朋友给我推荐Maya,后来在准备考研的过程中在美国文学简史上读到过她的书。再后来,在菲律宾做汉语教师志愿者时,得知她过世的消息,内心还有一些波澜。2017年5月,真正开始读她的自传作品,没...
評分 評分英文版读的时间长了也就不烧脑了。大学时教过一个爱尔兰外教汉语,一次在她家里,她朋友给我推荐Maya,后来在准备考研的过程中在美国文学简史上读到过她的书。再后来,在菲律宾做汉语教师志愿者时,得知她过世的消息,内心还有一些波澜。2017年5月,真正开始读她的自传作品,没...
幾年前第一次讀到Maya Angelou的《Still I Rise》時,我被這首詩的詞和氣勢打動瞭,一個黑人女性在白人為主導的世界裏要想生存以及實現自己的抱負,可想而知,多麼難,幸而她堅持✊,成長以來的故事匯聚成一首拼搏的詩,Still I Rise.
评分失足少女瞭吧!!use protection!!!
评分喜歡這種自傳題材的讀物。成長,都差不多呢。
评分有些小篇章簡直充滿瞭CR即視感。
评分以前Alexa的課上讀的
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