Maya Angelou

Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, performer and civil rights activist. Her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings brought her international recognition and became widely taught in universities.

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Winston-Salem · 1988

Angelou described retreating to a hotel room to write, then returning to ordinary home life and later revision. The underlying interview took place in 1988. Winston-Salem was her home base, while the hotel-room habit extended across different towns and had variable finishing hours.