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Rise!

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” mais 142 palavras

Memoir

Tuesday Talk: A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou

A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love Maya’s books. This one was deep. But like all of Maya’s books, she spoke from her heart. mais 62 palavras

Free Verse: Prose, with Style

in response to dVerse~Poets Pub 2018/11/12 Pubtalk – Form or free or both

Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” is not free verse at all. It is iambic tetrameter, more or less. mais 446 palavras

Poetry

#WRBGFEST18: When did you first see yourself in literature?

The Well-Read Black Girl Festival was held on November 10, 2018 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.

I never didn’t have books, and it feels as if I never didn’t know how to read although I remember learning. mais 2.122 palavras

Book #214 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I was planning on reading Maya Angelou’s memoir during Banned Book Week, but wasn’t able to get the audiobook in time. Instead, it’s now representing the state of Arkansas, which is where over half the book is set. mais 681 palavras

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