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The Heart of a Woman (1981) is an autobiography by American writer Maya Angelou. The book is the fourth installment in Angelou's series of seven autobiographies.
- Maya Angelou
- 1981
A poem that explores the freedom and imprisonment of women's hearts, using a bird metaphor. The poem contrasts the dawn and night, the world and the cage, the valleys and the towers, and the stars and the bars.
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- October 9, 1995
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As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. The fourth volume of her enthralling autobiography finds Maya Angelou immersed in the world of black writers and artists in Harlem, working in the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr.
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- Dr Maya Angelou
Sep 2, 2010 · The Heart Of A Woman. Maya Angelou. Little, Brown Book Group, Sep 2, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 352 pages. From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this...
She is widely acclaimed for her searing, inspiring writings--and she has been praised for confronting both the racial and sexual pressures on black women, and for infusing her...
Jan 1, 2001 · Filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous characters, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, The Heart of a Woman sings with Maya Angelou's eloquent prose her fondest dreams, deepest disappointments, and her dramatically tender relationship with her rebellious teenage son.
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In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world.
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- Maya Angelou
