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In gather together in my name, angelou appears to be aimless, drifting through the late teenage years of her life. Apr 21, 2009 gather together in my name continues maya angelous personal story, begun so unforgettably in i know why the caged bird sings. Gather together in my name by maya angelou waterstones. Gather together in my name by maya angelou, paperback. A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth, love do exist, imperfectly, fractionally and flickeringly, not in some platonic realm of the ideal, but in the. Sparknotes is here for you weve got everything you need to ace or teach. See all 30 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Maya angelou books the best maya angelou books and poems. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In gather together in my name, maya angelou is still in her teens and has given birth to her son, guy.
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