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Maya Angelou sits in her hotel room, reliving her past and writing her autobiography, "I know why the caged bird sings". A book that will sell over 4 million copies and change the way we see the ...

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For better or worse, most icons of literary history have a reputation of being gratuitous imbibers. These famous authors certainly have favorite cocktails.

where Atwood will be interviewed on stage by American poet Carolyn Forché. A Canadian is guaranteed to win another award – the Canadian First Book Prize – set to be announced May 21.

That nuance is at the core of Loryn Brantz's new poetry collection ... and Brantz's relationship to her own children. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage ...

Maya Angelou worked as a cook, streetcar conductor, waitress, singer, dancer, editor, teacher, civil rights organizer, and actress before becoming one of America’s most beloved writers.

Either way, after more than half a century the poems in his award-winning debut still have the power to revitalize the world around us. In the book’s opening poem, “On the Coast Near Sausalito ...

Fulford admits that the process of writing the book and its powerful composite poems was a surprising one. "It was uncovering things that I didn't even know I needed to deal with," she says.

“So did Aunt Nel, so they printed up the poems and put them in a book like this and gave a copy to each of the grandkids.” Lillie died in 1962 at the age of 74. She lived in rural Paullina and ...