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Work InformationI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)
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![]() ![]() It was an interesting read, not what I thought it would be, and not as compelling as I’d presumed based on what I’d heard about it. Well-written but a little too rambling and untethered to any kind of compelling story. As it’s not a story, but a person remembering their life, in their own words, I guess that is to be expected. She kinda just talks about little things she would do as a kid growing up. Makes me wonder if she smoked weed? And she starts to write these big paragraphs towards the end of the book. I don't have much interest in the things I do. She kinda had a repressed childhood high in the racist South and it kinda waned and became bored & weird once she attended High School in San Francisco. It almost kinda reminds me of my grown upbringing but 60 years later? "Its a Small World After All":) It's not really quite a journal but more like message board postings of little anecdotes the style she wrote it in like she has her own forum. Belongs to SeriesIs contained inHas the adaptationIs abridged inHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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