There is a poster which shows the likeness of Dickens, James Baldwin, Mark Twain,. Kurt Vonnegut, Shakespeare, Judy Blum
“THOSE WHO BAN BOOKS” by Maya Angelou An original poem written exclusively for RHI Magazine
They were scared of sexes and hexes and multi-colored sheets. And men and women doing even consensual things. They banned a same-sex marriage room and Judy Blume Charles Dickens Chicken-Lickin and Why the Caged Bird Sings
here is a poster which shows the likeness of Dickens, James Baldwin, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Shakespeare, Judy Blume and Maya Angelou. I know that puts me into wonderful company, but I pity the young students who, because of someone else’s ignorance, and at someone else’s whim, are unable to read Twain, Baldwin, Shakespeare and Angelou. They will miss some delight. N
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About the Writer MAYA ANGELOU, poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table; five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?; and the celebrated poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton. To Have the Heart to Hope, an essay collection, is being published in the Fall of 2008.
Books by Maya Angelou
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes 6INTAGE 42 PP Amazing Peace!#HRISTMAS0OEM NEW! 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP !LSOAVAILABLEINA9OUNG2EADERSEDITION ILLUSTRATEDBY3TEVE*OHNSONAND,OU &ANCHER 3CHWARTZ7ADE -' PP 3CHWARTZ7ADE (# PP And Still I Rise 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP !LSOAVAILABLEIN2ANDOM(OUSE!UDIO 6OICES #$ Celebrations2ITUALSOF0EACEAND0RAYER 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou -ODERN,IBRARY (# PP The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP %VENTHE3TARS,OOK,ONESOME "ANTAM 42 PP
Gather Together in My Name "ANTAM 42 PP "ANTAM -- PP
Mother!#RADLETO(OLD-E 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table !,IFETIMEOF-EMORIESWITH2ECIPES 2ANDOM(OUSE 42 PP
My Painted House, My Friendly #HICKEN AND-E )LLUSTRATEDBY-ARGARET#OURTNEY #LARKE #ROWN"OOKSFOR9OUNG2EADERS 42 PP
The Heart of a Woman "ANTAM 42 PP "ANTAM -- PP )+NOW7HYTHE#AGED"IRD3INGS "ANTAM 42 PP "ANTAM -- PP !LSOAVAILABLEIN2ANDOM(OUSE!UDIO #$ I Shall Not Be Moved "ANTAM 42 PP NEW! Letter to My Daughter 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP !LSOAVAILABLEIN2ANDOM(OUSE!UDIO #$
Phenomenal Woman 2ANDOM(OUSE (# PP Poems: Maya Angelou "ANTAM 42 PP 3INGINAND3WINGINAND 'ETTING-ERRYLIKE#HRISTMAS "ANTAM 42 PP "ANTAM -- PP A Song Flung Up to Heaven "ANTAM 42 PP 7OULDNT4AKE.OTHINGFOR-Y*OURNEY.OW "ANTAM 42 PP "ANTAM -- PP !LSOAVAILABLEIN2ANDOM(OUSE(ARDCOVER
NEW! !LSO Maya Angelou!'LORIOUS#ELEBRATION BY-ARCIA!NN'ILLESPIE 2OSA*OHNSON "UTLERAND2ICHARD!,ONG &OREWORDBY/PRAH7INFREY $OUBLEDAY (# PP
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