Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Books

Pros: writing style, difficult topics, engaging voice, honesty
Cons: ...

One of the few writing classes I've taken that I actually enjoyed was a memoir course (the teacher was fantastic). Any time a new subject came up, the teacher would hand out photocopies of a page or two each from various writers' memoirs that...

Pros: important issues; combines autobiographical detail and historical information effectively
Cons: short chapters, lack of closure, child’s perspective on events

As I sit down to write my review of Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, my palms sweat. I glance nervously over my shoulder every few seconds; does anyone see me committing this shameful deed?

Perhaps I...

Pros: Inspirational story about a little girl who gains strength despite those around her.
Cons: Adult situations.

You might think that Aunt Bee sits around reading cookbooks all day. Not so! Aunt Bee is quite the literary aficionado, and she spends many hours a week with her nose in a Russian classic, modern novel, or even a technical manual. For ...

Pros: Gut-wrenching story told in beautiful language
Cons: None

Pros: Paints vivid pictures of the world seen through a young Southern Black girl.
Cons: The vignette style can make it easy to put down.

For many years, Maya Angelou was one of those authors that floated peripherally on and off my list of authors that "I really should get around to reading." When "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" became the selection of an online...

Pros: Great Story, Well Written
Cons: None

I remember an oral report my friend gave on Maya Angelou in 8th grade. She's a poet. That's about all I could remember (sorry, Amy). So when my mom told me how great her autobiography was, I was slightly hesitant to read it. But, I had nothing better to...

Pros: Amazing characters, beautiful language, interesting setting.
Cons: Too many people read it when they're too young to understand it.

The first time I read 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' I was in high school, and the book was required on a summer reading list. I plowed through it in a matter of hours, wrote a brief summary, then put it out of my mind as I was forced to move on to...

Pros: Very Poetic writing.
Cons: Nothing

I first heard Maya Angelou during President Clinton's first inauguration. She recited her poem "I am the Tree", a poem about America, its diversity, its greatness, and also the evils done by it to its own people and others. It was one of the...

Pros: An uninhibited account of a strong woman's life.
Cons: There is a false portrale of her mother hidden in the text. It's the one thing that she is not completely honest about.

Maya Angelou is one of the most potent writers of our time. Her abrupt honesty is unparalleled. She opens her book with a incident of embarassment. What other writer could tell a humiliation story that ends with him/her peeing on himself/herself....

Pros: Good content, believable
Cons: Everything seems so bad.

This book was a well written book as far as content goes. However, sometimes I found myself getting confused because of the bad grammar mistakes. I felt that a few commas would be nice! She should've had some more people read it and fix some of the...

Pros: Poetic, entertaining, fast read
Cons: none

"I know why the caged bird sings" was a required reading book in my high schools English course. I was thinking that the book wouldn't be any good because school-chosen books usually aren't. I was amazed and how entertaining the book was. Maya...

Pros: Beautifully written, poet memoir
Cons: I did not want it to end!!

A memorable, honest, and touching memoir of a young girl's struggle growing up in the segregated South. More than that, I Know Why is the story of a woman coming to terms with her sexuality, her heritage, her appearance, and her fears. Although it has...

Pros: Well written, good story
Cons: sad, not for kids

What a unbelievably well written book! Maya Angelou's biography is sad yet touches me very much. I believe everyone shoould have to read this book and I'll tell you all why.
First, this book is a look at life, the real life. You know, when we...

Pros: It gives some incite into other people's lives and African American culture.
Cons: Maya Angelou puts a little too much thought behind everything she does.

The book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by, Maya Angelou is the autobiography of Maya Angelou's life. It starts from when she was a little girl in rural Arkansas and goes through her college years. It has events that express the hard times and the ...

Pros: Very interesting book about Maya Angelou's life.
Cons: Unexpected cuts you off at the end;it's part of a series

This is one of my favorite books. I read a exerpt from it as a child and when I was able to buy and ...