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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

Diversity Topic for March 2022
Autobiography/biography

I've read several in the series, but it was a couple decades ago!

Sarah wrote: "I've read several in the series, but it was a couple decades ago!"

same! i read them in high school. my mom owned 2 and the rest i got at the library. some of these were not published yet. i did not read the last 3.

This Modern Library edition contains:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gather Together in My Name
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
The Heart of a Woman
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
A Song Flung Up To Heaven

I'm pretty sure I only read the first three. The first one sticks with me the most. I read it as a preteen or really young teen, and the theme of child abuse was a big part of what stuck with me. Also, I was a rather sheltered child who lived in a nearly all-white community and so I had no idea what Powhitetrash (run together as all one word in the text, as I recall) meant!

I read the first one, but I intend to read them all.

I'm reading the first one now on audio, narrated by the author. I'm loving it so far.