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In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator. Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks (it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett), and even writes music for the production. In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine. The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375500723
ISBN-13
9780375500725
eBay Product ID (ePID)
531602

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Book Title
Heart of a Woman
Author
Maya Angelou
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz

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"I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself SO moved." -- James Baldwin "Full of laughter and tears, love and hate, failures and triumphs, and above all, understanding." -- John O. Killens "Gather Together in My Name "Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised land, and Ernest J. Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -- William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World "Here the 'caged bird' soars, and sings in a voice as rich and funny, passionate and mellow as any writer I know." -- Shana Alexander
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
818/.5409 B
Dewey Edition
22

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5 out of 5 stars
by slo-polkJun 03, 2020
Inspiration
Just a all around great book by a lady that lead by real inspiration!
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by atum_us_gwwlst7...Feb 18, 2019
All about Life
It is right on the mark. I admire Ms. Angelou because I can identify with her experiences and the prejudices.
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3 out of 5 stars
by david586doFeb 06, 2022
Interesting to say the least.
It wasn’t what I had expected. But, nevertheless it’s Maya Angelou’s work. Therefore, I appreciated.
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by wBmz86XnSO2@Del...Jun 18, 2006
GREAT BOOK
This book was ver inspirational. A great book. Involves every emotion you can experience. Great for the reading book club. One of the best Operah's Book Club Books!
4 out of 5 stars
by brenstocAug 09, 2006
She's fabulous!
More of a factual book about her life, less wit and wisdom as I expected to read, but very good. I plan to read every book of hers before my eyes give out.

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