ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou's 1969 memoir, was a national bestseller and a critical success, establishing her as a major figure in American letters. This manuscript page from the book, which is held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, presages the personalities that Angelou and her brother would later develop. Angelous work encapsulates the Schomburg Center's strongest holdings, stories of the struggles, triumphs, and fortitude in the everyday vicissitudes of Black life.

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Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: PAPERBLANKS STATIONERY

Published in 1969, Maya Angelou's coming-of-age memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, achieved immediate national bestseller and critical acclaim. The first installment in a series that chronicled her early life through the 1960s, the book solidified Angelou's position as a significant figure in American letters. On this manuscript page from the book, Angelou captures the moment when she and her brother, Bailey, arrived in Arkansas to be raised by their paternal grandmother, foreshadowing the personalities they would later develop. Today, the manuscript is held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of The New York Public Library. With connections to activist, literary, and expat communities in the United States and Ghana, Angelou's work encapsulates the Schomburg Center's most significant holdings—stories of struggles, triumphs, and resilience in the everyday vicissitudes of Black life. We are honored to partner with The New York Public Library to bring this fascinating document to our Paperblanks collection.

Weight: 578g
ISBN-13: 9781439781845