I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

- Author: Maya Angelou
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Publication Date: April 1, 1983
- Publisher: Bantam
- Pages: 304
- ISBN 978-0553279375
- Awards/Distinctions: On The New York Times Best Sellers List
- Adaptations: Movie
- One of "Most Frequently Challenged Books"
- Title comes from the poem "Sympathy"

Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is the first in a series of six autobiographies. It covers her childhood in the deep south.
Plot Synopsis

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings chronicled Maya Angelou's early years living in the southern United States. She raised herself and her brother. With little support system, the family was vulnerable to danger. Angelou ultimately dealt with the return of her alcoholic father, a brutal rape, and an unplanned pregnancy. By the end of the novel Angelou barely graduated from high school before the birth of her son.
Critical Reception

While a critical and financial success (and a pick of Oprah's Book Club), due to the often graphic nature of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings the book has a history of being banned from schools.

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Author Information
- - Mahalo's Guide to Maya Angelou
- Official Site: Dr. Maya Angelou
- Academy of Achievement: Maya Angelou Biography
- Wikipedia: Maya Angelou
- Poets.org: Meet Maya Angelou
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Culture and Humor
- American Library Association: Parents Challenge "Caged Bird" (1998)
- Marshal University: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Banned
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