Maya angelou biography still i rise

Poem by Maya Angelou

For the album by Alison Limerick, see And Still I Rise (album).

And Still I Rise is author Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry, published by Random House in It was published during one of the most productive periods in Angelou's career; she had written three autobiographies and published two other volumes of poetry up to that point.

Angelou considered herself a poet and a playwright, but was best known for her seven autobiographies, especially her first,I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, although her poetry has also been successful.

Maya angelou biography still i rise

She began, early in her writing career, alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry.

And Still I Rise is made up of 32 short poems, divided into three parts. The poems' themes focus on a hopeful determination to rise above difficulty and discouragement, and on many of the same topics as Angelou's autobiographies and previous volumes of poetry.

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