Angelou, Maya
American. b. 1928

1. "Angelou, Maya." In Current Biography. Vol. 55, no. 2, Feb. 1994. p7(5).
   Shelved in Reference Services Department.
   Biography

2. In Bloom, Harold, ed. African-American Poets: Robert Hayden through Rita Dove. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2003. pp. 86-112.
   Criticism -- Biography -- Poetry

3. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Black American Women Poets and Dramatists. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1996. pp. 1-14.
   Criticism -- Poetry

4. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Black American Fiction Writers. New York: Chelsea House, 1995. pp. 1-15.
   Biography -- Criticism -- Works -- References -- Bibliography

5. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Women Memoirists, Vol. 1. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1998. pp. 1-12.
   Biography -- Criticism

6. In Braxton, Joanne M. Black Women Writing Autobiography. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1989. pp. 181-201.
   Biography -- Criticism -- Works

7. In Braxton, Joanne M., and McLaughlin, Andrée Nicola, eds. Wild Women in the Whirlwind: Afra-American Culture and the Contemporary Literary Renaissance. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c1990. pp. 302-305.
   Biography -- Criticism -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

8. In Brown, Cheryl L., and Olson, Karen, eds. Feminist Criticism: Essays on Theory, Poetry and Prose. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978. pp. 324, 326, 330.
   Biography -- Criticism -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

9. In Butterfield, Stephen. Black Autobiography in America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, l974. p. 203-213.
   Biography -- Criticism -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

10. In Davis, Thadious M., and Harris, Trudier, eds. Afro-American Writers after 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers. Detroit: Gale Research Co., c1985. pp. 3-12.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

11. In Davidson, Cathy N., Wagner-Martin, Linda, and Ammons, Elizabeth, eds. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. pp. 51-52.
    Biography

12. In Epel, Naomi. Writers Dreaming. New York : Carol Southern Books, c1993. pp. 25-30.
    Criticism -- Works -- Dreams in Literature -- Interview

13. In Evans, Mari, ed. Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1984, c1983. pp. 3-37.
    Biography -- Criticism

14. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." In Ebony, V. 25, April 1970. pp. 62-64.
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    Criticism -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

15. Julianelli, J. "Angelou: Interview." In Harper's Bazaar, November 1972. pg. 124.
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    Interview

16. Kelley, Ken. "Maya Angelou: A Celebrated Poet Issues a Call to Arms to the Nation's Artists." In Mother Jones. Vol. 20, no. 3, May-June 1995. p22(4).
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    Interview

17. In Litz, A. Walton, ed. American Writers, Supplement IV, Part 1. New York, Scribner [1974- . pp. 1-20.
    Criticism -- Works

18. In Magill, Frank N., ed. Masterpieces of Women's Literature. New York: HarperCollins, c1996. pp. 282-284.
    Criticism -- Works -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

19. Maya Angelou. In Poetry Foundation. 5/6/2009. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maya-angelou
    Biography -- Works

20. Mayer, J. Eleanor. "Neighborhoods: Maya Angelou's 'Harlem Hopstoch.'" In English Journal, Vol. 77, No. 5, Sept. 1988. pp. 86-88.
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    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Harlem Hopscotch"

21. In Plimpton, George. Women Writers at Work. New York : Modern Library, 1998. pp. 285-306.
    Interview

22. In Robinson, Lillian, ed. Modern Women Writers, Volume 1. New York : Continuum, 1996. pp. 119-127.
    Criticism -- Works

23. In Russell, Sandi. Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present. New York: St. Martin's Press, c1990. pp. 134-142.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry

24. In Smith, Lucinda Irwin. Women Who Write: From the Past and the Present to the Future, Volume II. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: J. Messner, 1994. pp. 43-47.
    Criticism -- Works -- Interviews

25. Walker, Pierre. "Racial Protest, Identity, Words and Form in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." In College Literature. October, 1995. 12/12/2007.
    Criticism -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

26. Washington, Carla. "Maya Angelou's Angelic Aura." In Christian Century. November 16, 1988. p. 1031.
    Shelved in the Reference Services Department.
    Interviews

27. In Wisker, Gina. Post-Colonial and African American Women's Writing. New York : St. Martin's Press, c2000. pp. 49-52.
    Criticism -- Works -- Autobiography

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