This author wrote "You may trod me in the very dirt/ But still, like dust, I'll rise" in one poem, and wrote of men who "liked my smile, my wit, my hips" in another.
This author wrote "You may trod me in the very dirt/ But still, like dust, I'll rise" in one poem, and wrote of men who "liked my smile, my wit, my hips" in another. That poem, "They Went Home" is the first poem found in this author's collection Just Give me a Cool drink of water 'fore i diiie. This author also wrote a work that commands the reader to say, "very simply, with hope, Good Morning". That work was read at (*) Bill Clinton's inauguration, and was entitled, "On the Pulse of Morning". Her most famous work describes the title creature that "leaps/ on the back of the wind/ and floats downstream". For ten points, name this American author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
This author wrote "You may trod me in the very dirt/ But still, like dust, I'll rise" in one poem, and wrote of men who "liked my smile, my wit, my hips" in another.
Maya {Angelou} (accept Marguerite Ann {Johnson})