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In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including i know why the caged bird sings and the heart of a woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including i know why the caged bird sings and the heart of a woman, she wrote. Dr maya angelou was one of the worlds most important writers and activists. In this collection, angelou reads two poems as well as selections. An unforgettable memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s in a tiny arkansas town where angelous grandmothers store was the heart of the community and white people seemed as strange as aliens from another planet. Read all poems of maya angelou and infos about maya angelou.
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