![]() ![]() I must admit to being apprehensive at the start. So what is her poetry actually like? The word "inspirational" is bandied around today to include all sort of cant and twaddle. The world lost a remarkable influential figure when she died. ![]() Maya Angelou is an inspirational figure, admired the world over for her sensitivity, passion, and advocacy of black rights she was a vigorous activist, especially with regard to women. ![]() I am the dream and the hope of the slave. She began, early in her writing career, alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry.Īlthough her poetry collections have been best-sellers, they have not received serious critical attention.Īnd Still I Rise consists of 32 poems, divided into three parts:īringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, It was published during one of the most productive periods in Angelou's career she had written three autobiographies and published two other volumes of poetry up to that point.Īngelou considered herself a poet and a playwright, but was best known for her seven autobiographies, especially her first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, although her poetry has also been successful. And Still I Rise is author Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry, published by Random House in 1978. ![]()
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