{"product_id":"and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems-1st-ed","title":"And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems (1ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including \n\u003ci\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Heart of a Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them \n\u003ci\u003ePhenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e. Maya Angelou died in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou's unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, \u003ci\u003eAnd Still I Rise, \u003c\/i\u003eas seen on PBS's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Masters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. \n\u003cbr\u003e I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size \n\u003cbr\u003e But when I start to tell them, \n\u003cbr\u003e They think I'm telling lies. \n\u003cbr\u003e I say, \n\u003cbr\u003e It's in the reach of my arms, \n\u003cbr\u003e The span of my hips, \n\u003cbr\u003e The stride of my step, \n\u003cbr\u003e The curl of my lips. \n\u003cbr\u003e I'm a woman \n\u003cbr\u003e Phenomenally. \n\u003cbr\u003e Phenomenal woman, \n\u003cbr\u003e That's me. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus begins \"Phenomenal Woman,\" just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou's third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh--and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. \n\u003ci\u003eAnd Still I Rise\u003c\/i\u003e is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is true poetry she is writing,\" M.F.K. Fisher has observed, \"not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/15\/1996 pg. 94 (EAN 9780394502526, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/1997 pg. 76 (EAN 9780394502526, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496040300822,"sku":"9780394502526","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780394502526.jpg?v=1783051516","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems-1st-ed","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}