The Life of an Extraordinary Woman

The Life of an Extraordinary Woman

MAYA ANGELOU- The life of an extraordinary woman
Talented poet, amazing dancer, educator, best-selling author, actress, historian, producer and director, and inspiring African-American activist, Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. She is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature.
Another famous work of art was “I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings”. It is the 1969 autobiography about the early years of African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a six-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 17. In the course of Caged Bird, Maya transforms from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable of responding to prejudice. This is an inspiring piece of work. It won critical acclaim and was nominated for the National Book Award. Critic Sidonie Ann Smith in Southern Humanities Review said, "Angelou's genius as a writer is her ability to recapture the texture of the way of life in the texture of its idioms, its idiosyncratic vocabulary and especially in its process of image-making."I think this work of art will forever be a part of our literary cannon. I love how every situation she goes through, she turns it around to make it inspire someone else. There is nothing I dislike about the raw truth Maya Angelou portrays in the poems and stories she writes about. I completely agree with the critics that praise the work she does and no one really has anything negative to say. Her works are inspiring to all in some way or another. I gain a since of confidence in myself as I read the stories. It affects the way I look and myself in the...

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