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Author:
Wagner-Martin, Linda, author.
Title:
The life of the author, Maya Angelou / Linda Wagner-Martin.
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xvi, 202 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Angelou, Maya.
Angelou, Maya.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Authors, American--20th century--Criticism and interpretation.
African American women authors--Biography.
African American women authors--Criticism and interpretation.
Civil rights workers--Biography.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Écrivains américains--20e siècle--Critique et interprétation.
Écrivaines noires américaines--Biographies.
Écrivaines noires américaines--Critique et interprétation.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--Biographies.
African American authors.
Authors, American.
Civil rights workers.
1900-1999
Biography
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index.
Contents:
"There is always an engine, Maya" -- St. Louis and fear -- Recovery in Arkansas -- More changes -- Mothering -- Performing -- Writing -- In Africa -- Real-life politics -- Angelou as autobiographer -- "'Testing the ledge': screenplays and directing" -- Mrs. Paul Du Feu -- Returning to the South -- "On the pulse of morning" -- The prestige years -- The last years.
Summary:
"The life of the author, Maya Angelou, delivers an engaging and thorough retelling of the life and work of the celebrated and accomplished writer, director, and essaysit. The book offers readers an engrossing retelling of Maya Angelou's entire life, from her time as a child in the segregated town of Stamps, Arkansas, to her death in 2014 in Winston-Salem"--Page 4 of cover.
Series:
The life of the author
ISBN:
1119629101
9781119629108
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1224042396
LCCN:
2020051699
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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