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Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou (1997, Hardcover)
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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. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375500723
ISBN-139780375500725
eBay Product ID (ePID)531602
Product Key Features
Book TitleHeart of a Woman
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / African American, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year1997
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMaya Angelou
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"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
Dewey Decimal818/.5409 B
SynopsisIn 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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- Jun 03, 2020
Inspiration
Just a all around great book by a lady that lead by real inspiration!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 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.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 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.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
