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A Song Flung Up To Heaven - Maya Angelou (CD)
Title: A Song Flung Up To Heaven Author: Maya Angelou Genre: Biographies & Memoirs / History Format: 4 CDs, 5 CDs., (Unabridged) Synopsis: Maya Angelou has shared much of her life story with us through candid, gracefully crafted autobiographies. In A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN, she recalls one of the most chilling chapters in American history, a period in the 1960s marked by the Watts riots and the assassination of the vocal civil rights leaders, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King. For Angelou, who had recently returned from a sojourn in Africa, these events carried a particularly personal impact; she had agreed to assist both men in their activism just weeks before their deaths. But these tumultuous months also, eventually, compelled her to capture on paper the memories we now know so well as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The conclusion to that powerful, resonant memoir, A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN is the continuing story of a copiously gifted writer finding her literary voice, while segments of the nation search for a healing message. A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN will stir contemplation and rejuvenation in all who read it. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading of Maya Angelous A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN. We hope they will enrich your experience of this poignantly honest memoir. Review: Inaugural poet, writer, singer, and emotive teacher, Maya Angelou completes her sixth volume of autobiography with A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN. Listeners are treated to songs, chants, verse, and a full measure of musicality throughout her performance. Using her vocal training, she expresses the emotional quotient of her writing with sustained energy. Angelou embraces the listener in this autobiography which begins in the mid-'60s. She draws you in, places you with her on the plane from Ghana, returning home to work with Malcolm X; on the street in Watts, smelling the acrid smoke; in a bar with James Baldwin, marshaling strength to begin writing I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. She is telling YOU her story. She confides her thoughts and shares her emotional and intellectual responses to events. Every word is as carefully chosen as her poetry. Rhythms evolve and change, moving through the story. The prose is poetry. Listeners are treated to a unique experience and can revel in what audio does best.