I Shall Not Be Moved

In her first book of poetry sinceWhy Don't You Sing?Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiographyI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be free. Filled with bittersweet intimacies and ferocious courage, these poems are gemsmany-faceted, bright with wisdom, radiant with life.

Poet, writer, performer, teacher and director Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with <b>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</b>, she has also written five poetry collections, including <b>I Shall Not Be Moved</b> and <b>Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?</b>, as well as the celebrated poem "On the Pulse of Morning," which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton.