Mr. Levin's Pathfinder for
Maya Angelou

In Our Print Collection

• Do a subject search using the on-line catalog. Type the following: Angelou, Maya
• Check the Contemporary Literary Criticism (also known as the CLC) collection for literary criticism on any of Maya Angelou's work.  You'll find the CLC against the brick wall near Mrs. Correa's desk.

A short bibliography of the books we have in our Rich Central Media Center:

92 ANG Angelou, Maya. The heart of a woman. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1981. This fourth autobiographical work by Maya Angelou tells of her entry into New York's circle of black artists and writers, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and changes in her personal life.

92 ANG Angelou, Maya. All God's children need traveling shoes. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1987, c1986. Relates the author's personal narrative of the time she spent in Ghana with other Black American expatriates.

92 ANG Angelou, Maya. Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas. New York : Bantam, 1981, c1976. A continuation of the autobiographical series by the author of "I know why the caged bird sings" and "Gather together in my name." Tells of her failed marriage to a white man, her theatrical career, and of her relationship with her son.

92 ANG Angelou, Maya. Gather together in my name. New York : Bantam Books, 1975. Continues Angelou's autobiography, "I know why the caged bird sings." As this book begins she is in her teens and has given birth to a son.

92 ANG Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings. New York : Bantam, 1993, c1969. Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television producer.

92 ANG Raatma, Lucia. Maya Angelou : author and documentary filmmaker. Chicago, Ill. : Ferguson Pub., c2000. Describes her difficult early childhood in segregated Arkansas, her later childhood in St. Louis where she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, and her career as a singer and later as a writer, filmmaker, and public speaker.

818 MAY Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1998. Contains thirteen critical essays devoted to Maya Angelou's autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," presented in chronological order of their initial publication, and includes a chronology of Angelou's life.

818 MAY Maya Angelou. Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. Contains twelve critical essays in which various writers examine the autobiographical prose and poetry of African-American author Maya Angelou.

92/ANG Angelou, Maya. Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1976. In this third volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou describes her life when she first entered show business and embarked on a European tour.

In Our PAID Online Information Databases

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