Now Sheba Sings the Song [Paperback]

Maya Angelou (Author), Tom Feelings (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1994

The Inaugural poet, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, unites with a renowned illustrator for a poetic tribute to the extraordinary essence of ordinary African-American women. Reissue.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Feelings's 84 sepia and black-and-white illustrations of black women were drawn in Africa, the U.S., South America and the Caribbean. They inspired Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to write this poem celebrating black women's strength, dignity, exuberance and sexuality. Pictures and verse complement each other in this slender offering. The sketches, by the children's book illustrator and Caldecott award winner, look, regrettably, as if they might be random jottings in an art student's sketchpad. The verses sometimes successfully mingle natural speech rhythms with a literarydiction that filters the voice of African-American woman's centuries of struggle and perseverance. An often eloquent poem is trapped amid prosaic pictures.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Plume (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452271436
• ISBN-13: 978-0452271432
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,786,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maya Angelou has been waitress, singer, actress, dancer, activist, filmmaker, writer and mother. As well as her autobiography she has written several volumes of poetry, including 'On the Pulse of the Morning' for the inauguration of President Clinton. She now has a life-time appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.