![]() ![]() Evans provide valuable context for reader's new to Angelou's work. ![]() The Paris Review's Christopher Cox reminds readers of how revolutionary Angelou's autobiography was when it was published and recounts the comments Angelou made on her work in an interview with George Plimpton.įour original essays by Amy Sickels, Pamela Loos, Neil Heims, and Robert C. Mickle's introduction pays tribute to Angelou's achievement and examines the inspiration she drew from Phillis Wheatley's civil rights advocacy as well as the similarities between Caged Bird and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poetry. Mickle, Assistant Professor of English at Penn State Greater Allegheny. Three decades after it was published, readers continue to admire Angelou's artistry, wit, and indomitable spirit.Įdited by Mildred R. ![]() ![]() Despite controversy over its frank depiction of sexual abuse, the autobiography is still widely read in high schools and colleges across the country. As it shot to the top of best-seller lists, it made Angelou one of the most recognized black women in America. Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings took the world by storm when it was published in 1969. ![]()
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