Marguerite Johnson had already become a voracious reader, both of Black writers and of canonical dead white males. Shakespeare
, she wrote later, was my first white love.
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Heinemann New Windmill Series, 1995.
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She also enjoyed and respected...
Publishing
Maya Angelou
In 1986 MA
took the story of her relationship with Bertha Flowers
(from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) and told it for children in Mrs. Flowers: a Moment of Friendship, illustrated...
