Tag: Maya Angelou
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Reading Through the Stacks: 2. Maya Angelou’s first book of poetry
Join me as I read my way through the poetry section at the main branch of the Oakland Public Library! First of all, I can’t talk about this book without mentioning how fun this 70s sunset is on the cover–bold, interesting, and really quite simple. I think this library copy is probably a first edition. […]
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Women Writers Reading Challenge #39: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
In 8th grade when the other group of kids (in the other English class) was reading this book, we read The Outsiders, which is a fine book, but it doesn’t really hold a candle to Maya Angelou. I always felt that by not getting to read this book I was missing out, so I had to […]