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I am perplexed as how and why an autobiography can be banned. It's my life and I am willing to share would be my message to all.

Maya is a fabulous writer. What I like most about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is her truth and plain facts written exactly how her life happened. I thank her for sharing her life with us as she did not have to!

Please look at my Wiki on Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at http://maya-iknowwhycagedbirdsings.wetpaint.com/… Continue

Bans or challenges faced by the book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Sited for sexually explicit content and is one of the most frequently challenged and banned books in America ranking as third on the list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000.

Since 1983 schools throughout the United States have tried to ban I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings even though it is celebrated for its elegant prose. Parents, schools, and related organizations have argued that the boo… Continue

Excitement and happiness can quickly turn into depression and sadness. How does this happen?

Maya is graduating from 8th grade. Not only has she never missed a day of school, never arrived to school tardy, is the salutatorian of her class, her hair is perfect too!

Momma, as Maya refers to her grandmother, has ensured she is dressed just right for the occasion in her smocked pretty yellow dress. Her brother Bailey has given her a leather bound collection of poems by Edgar Allen Poe. Momma and U… Continue

Maya is sent back to her grandmother's home in Arkansas after experiencing a traumatic rape. She has changed to say the least. She is quiet and withdrawn. Maya is suffering inside and yet worries about her brother Bailey's sufferings due to his separation from their mother.

A hope of glimmer comes to light in this story in the setting of an annual picnic. The event is shared by the entire community. Mountains of food, fried chicken, freshly baked pies, potato salad with alot of eggs are some of… Continue

Maya Angelou's book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is ranked by The American Library Association as the 5th most challenged book of the 21st century. Maya is well known to Oprah Winfrey and is considered by Oprah to be a wonderful mother - mentor figure in her life. I have listened to Maya many mornings on Oprah and Friends via satellite radio and always wanted to read her books.

Maya's childhood was disturbing, at age 3 she was placed on a train with her 4 year old brother, Bailey, to live w… Continue