Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit
โ Scribed by Linda Wagner-Martin
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 265
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover
Half-Title
Title
Imprint
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928
2 Ambivalence is not so easy
3 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4 Gather Together in My Name
5 Music, poetry, and being alive
6 Singinโ and Swinginโ and Gettinโ Merry Like Christmas
7 The Heart of a Woman
8 Africa
9 A Song Flung Up to Heaven
10 Poems and the public spotlight
11 From autobiography to the essay
12 Maya Angelou as spirit leader
Bibliography
Index
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