2. “Maya Angelou is a natural autobiographer who works with considerable skills and narrative cunning.” Harold Bloom
3. “Angelou selects an evocative title linked to images of powerless and defeat but resonant with hope, creative energy and zestful savvy.” Mary Robinson
4. “Angelou maintains a consistency in her writing that continues to charm and amuse her readers, and please her reviewers” Lyman Hagan
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8. Works Cited Bloom, Harold. Maya Angelou’s I know Why Caged Birds Sings: Bloom’s Notes.Netlibrary.com. New York Chelsea House Publishing, 1996. Hagen, Lyman B. Heart of a Woman, Mind of a Writer, and Soul of a Poet. University Press of America, 1997. Robinson, Mary. I Know Why Caged Birds Sing: Cliff Notes. NetLibrary.com. Lincoln, Neb John W2iley, and Sons, Inc. (US), 1992. Kirkpatrick, Patricia. Voices of Poetry: Maya Angelou. Net Library.com. Creative Education, 2004.