How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

By the time I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings hit shelves in the first days of 1970, buzz about the memoir had been building for some time. Newspaper stories about its author, Maya Angelou—a well-known dancer, singer, and political activist—had been teasing the book for years; both Ebony and Harper’s ran excerpts, marking perhaps […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Abrams buys history of Oprah Winfrey's TV show

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