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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.

I know why the caged bird sings book cover. Smiling through sadness maya angelou s first memoir i know why the caged bird sings captures the sweetest purest and the most honest inner voice of a black child who grew up to be a heroine. About fine in an unclipped dust jacket with a slight waviness to the front cover and the slightest touch of rubbing to the extremities else fine. Miss angelou s book is more than a tour de force of language or the story of childhood suffering robert a. I know why the caged bird sings.

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 coverage from npr. 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. Gross wrote a 1970 newsweek review of i know why the caged bird sings. Cover from the first edition of i know why the caged bird sings published in 1969 by random house i know why the caged bird sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the early years of american writer and poet maya angelou.

I know why the caged bird sings is maya angelou s first autobiographical work. First edition first printing. I know why the caged bird sings maya angelou i know why the caged bird sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the early years of american writer and poet maya angelou. Original publisher s cloth pictorial dust jacket.

I know why the caged bird sings tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.