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I Shall Not be Moved

I Shall Not be Moved

by Dr Maya Angelou (Author), Dr Maya Angelou (Author)

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    Paperback 1990

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Synopsis

The incomparable Maya Angelou has given us many riches in both her poetry and her autobiographical writing. In this collection of verse she winds skeins of desire and longing; throws punches - some tough, some tender; flaunts and beguiles; and pokes fun: 'London is a very queer place. Mighty queer. A million miles from jungle, and the British lion roars in the stone of Trafalgar Square.' At her exuberant best, and yet with a new bittersweet mellowness, she sings the pleasures and pains of ageing. History and heartbreak and love - these are Maya Angelou's themes so richly explored in cadences and rhythms of infinite inventiveness. 'Maya Angelou has unquenchable dignity' MFK Fisher

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 64
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Virago
Published: 23 Aug 1990
ISBN 10: 1853812129
ISBN 13: 9781853812125
Book Overview: Author to participate in Hay-on-Wye festival * Review round-ups

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Maya Angelou writes from the heart and her language rings clear and true ... Whether joyful, sad for playful, her poems speak with delicacy and depth of feeling * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
Maya Angelou is the people's heroine * THE VOICE *
Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival * JAMES BALDWIN *
Author Bio

Dr Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King - and memoirist. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration; she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world.

She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. Dr Angelou died on 28 May 2014.