I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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In this first volume of her seven books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimin...

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emotional 79%
reflective 73%
inspiring 52%
sad 35%
challenging 33%
hopeful 28%
informative 24%
dark 23%
funny 12%
tense 8%
adventurous 6%
lighthearted 1%

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slow 23%
fast 12%

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