TY - BOOK AU - Wagner-Martin,Linda TI - Maya Angelou: adventurous spirit : from I know why the caged bird sings (1970) to Rainbow in the cloud, The wisdom and spirit of Maya Angelou (2014) SN - 9781501307850 AV - PS3551.N464 Z96 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc KW - Angelou, Maya. KW - Angelou, Maya KW - Authors, American KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - African American authors KW - Civil rights workers KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Chapter One: Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 -- Chapter Two: Ambivalence Is Not So Easy -- Chapter Three: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Chapter Four: Gather Together in My Name -- Chapter Five: Music, poetry, and being alive -- Chapter Six: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas -- Chapter Seven: The Heart of a Woman -- Chapter Eight: Africa -- Chapter Nine: A Song Flung Up to Heaven -- Chapter Ten: Poems and the Public Spotlight -- Chapter Eleven: From Autobiography to the Essay -- Chapter Twelve: Maya Angelou as Spirit Leader ER -