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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Readers' Advisory

Farewell Maya Angelou
Author / Poet
1928 - 2014
 

Maya Angelou, author, poet, playwright, stage and screen performer, and director, was best known for her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), which recalls a young African American woman's discovery of her self-confidence.  In addition to her books of autobiography, Angelou wrote several volumes of poetry that further explore the South, racial confrontation, and the triumph of black people against overwhelming odds.

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