I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I really enjoyed this book. It was required reading for a University course I took on Adolescent Literature. This book has been placed on banned book lists by needlessly close-minded people for it's real life content. The book tastefully addresses issues of molestation, rape, racism. But it does so wi......more

in the greatest title of all time rankings, this one's a pretty big contender. it's also, perhaps more importantly, a truly stunning memoir. this is blazingly honest and beautifully written even in its moments of describing life's ugliness, and is altogether an unrelenting read. not a hot take, but: i......more

I have only ever given 5 stars to two autobiographies. One was written by a white English man; the other by a black American woman. On the surface you would think they could have very little in common, yet they do. They both have insight and compassion, which comes through in every sentence. They ha......more

My mother could never really speak to me about the abuse she suffered as a little girl - the closest we came to talking about her experiences occurred when we read this painful and important book together. I imagine that Maya's book has allowed countless women who have suffered similar horrors an op......more

Caged Bird A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his t......more