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Maya Angelou (1928-)
African American writer of autobiographies, poetry,novels, plays, and filmscripts. Known particularly for her series of autobiographies.
Author's life and works
Life and works from American Writers
2002 Oral Interview
Maya Angelou talks about her autobiography at Bookworm
Thu. Aug. 1, 2002.
“An interview with Maya Angelou”
by Carol E. Neubauer from The Massachusetts Review, 1987.
An Interview with Maya Angelou by David Frost
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970)
“An overview of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Edward E. Eller from Exploring Novels, 1998.
"Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Black Autobiographical Tradition” by George E. Kent from Kansas Quarterly, 1975.
Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings: a casebook
edited by Joanne M. Braxton, Oxford University Press, 1999. e-book available in ebrary through the university library.
Understanding I know why the caged bird sings: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
by Joanne Megna-Wallace, The Greenwood Press, 1998. e-book available in ebrary through the university library
Maya Angelou: a critical companion
by Mary Jane Lupton, Greenwood Press, 1998. e-book available in ebrary through the university library
E-books
The collected autobiographies of Maya Angelou
by Maya Angelou, Modern Library, 2004. e-book available in ebrary through the university library
A song flung up to heaven
By Maya Angelou, Random House, 2002. e-book available in ebrary through the university library
Author and period links
The Official Maya Angelou page
Escaping the Cage: Identity, Multiculturalism and Writing Thu. June 2
Bookworm Series Finale: "Maya Angelou" Thu. Aug. 4, 2005.
African American links
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