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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Summary & Facts

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first of seven autobiographical works by Maya Angelou, published in 1969. The book chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting a traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. It is one of the most widely read and taught books by an African American woman.

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summer. plus, i will call to order this week's meeting of the velshi banned book club. on the agenda, mike angelou's magnum opus. i know why the caged bird sings. we will discuss for important autobiography and her enormous legacy. autobiography and her enormous legacy joint pain was killing my creativity. blue-emu gave me my hobbies back. it's the arthritis pain relief our joints rely on. blue-emu, it works fast, and you won't stink. you know that feeling of having to rewash

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of freedom by president barack obama in 2010. she was awarded more than 50 honorary degrees. she learned six languages before her death in 2014, but do you know her story? today on the velshi banned book club, we will examine the first of angelou's seven autobiographies. her magnum opus, i know why the caged bird sings. this autobiography is one of those rare works that you cannot summarize. the books lyrical language, the vivid imagery, the masterfully interwoven themes are better read then explained, but this is by my job, so i'm going to try. first published in 1969 and never once taken out of print, i know why the caged bird sings depicts angelou's, quote, tender years from the age of 3 to 16. and the american south and later in california. sent by their mother to live with their beloved and principled grandmother in rural stamps, arkansas, maya and her

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cannot introduce an interview, some of these great authors, because they're no longer with us, you are our best choice. you have studied these people, you have honored them so, thank you for joining us to discuss the enduring relevance of this book. i know why the caged bird sings and maya angelou's enormous legacy. welcome back. >> thanks for having me, what a gorgeous introduction. very wonderful. >> you know, most of us know maya angelou as this great success. in her life. does reading i know why the caged bird sings through that lens affect the book? because when she wrote this book, she was not who we know her to be today. >> correct. yeah, i mean, i think part of the magic of the book is that you understand how she got, not withstanding all of this incredible trauma and adversity she experienced at a very young age, you actually understand how she could become my angela.

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brother, bailey, are played by feelings of abandonment and subject to appalling incidents of racism. back with her mother in st. louis, maya is attacked and raped by an adult man at just eight years old. then in san francisco, my myatt becomes pregnant at the age of 16 and then there's a break in the clouds. she learns self love, to trust in the kindness of others, and she learns the power of great literature. if you are in search of an easy, light read, go somewhere else. i know why the caged bird sings grapples with serious and demanding themes, racism, resistance, community, rape, identity, and freedom. but for each moment of pain and abuse, and searing injustice, the reader is treated to a moment of beauty. a lavender taft address, the black national anthem led by a skinny eighth grade boy, the joy in hearing a poem read out loud for the very first time. ultimately, this autobiography is an exploration of angelo's growth from self loathing to

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self love. if you did not know, angelou was a poet before opening i know why the caged bird sings, you will by the end of the book. angelou masterfully mixes the vivid descriptions of lyrical language of a poet with the frank, true to life dialogue of a novelist in a way that was unheard of for autobiographies at the time that the book was published. even now. this book is a master class in coupling compelling use of smile, simply, and metaphor, with a direct and informal voice. the genius, though, does not lay in angelou's use of words. the literary critic, pierre a walker, focus on the books structure in his 1995 review, noting that the book is written in thematic, not chronological, order. each short story presents a moment in angelou's life resisting racism and oppression, a lesson. i know why the caged bird sings is simply put, a classic.

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former united states deputy attorney general under george h. w. bush. i would like to have this conversation more as the time goes by. thank you both this morning. still ahead this hour on velshi, trump's list of legal troubles's sprawling and it gets worse by the day. i will break down the criminal and civil case is that the -- former president is facing and how it's going to intersect with his 2024 presidential campaign. and today's meeting at the velshi banned book club is going to examine the late, great maya angeles unparalleled autobiography. i know why the caged bird sings. she was a prolific writer and left an even larger legacy. >> iraq -- a tree hosts the species long since departed marked the masthead on, the dinosaur, who left -- tokens of their soldier in here on our planet. any broad alarm of their

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