Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas

African American Literary Criticism

Author: Maya Angelou

Here Maya Angelou, dazzling entertainer, casts the spotlight on her show business career — a pageant of international scope. Maya, the woman, shares her sad, failed marriage to a white man, her early motherhood and achingly sensitive relationship with her young son, and her bone-deep, painful suspicion of the white world that welcomes her talent so dramatically … “Hones….Read More

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Gather Together in My Name

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance are back – but so is Mr Curtain, with another devious scheme!,,Can the Mysterious Benedict Society thwart Mr Curtain’s plans, even whilst held prisoner? Join… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult

The Heart of a Woman

In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies, Maya, Negroes United States Angelou, Social Conditions

Survivor

From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club comes this wickedly incisive second novel, a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious vision of cult and post-cult life.Tender Branson—last surviving member of… Continue Reading Posted in: Psychological Fiction, Satire

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

In this hilarious exploration of opposites,colours,numbers and nonsense,Dr.Seuss paints a crazy world of singing Yings,boxing Goxes and seven hump Wumps. Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Counting Books, Children's Fish Books, Children's Stories Pictorial Works, Color, Fiction

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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