瑪雅安傑盧的處女作回憶錄是一部深受全世界喜愛的現代美國經典。 她的人生故事在紀錄片《And Still I Rise》中講述，並在 PBS 的美國大師賽上播出。

這是一本既快樂又痛苦、神祕又難忘的書，就像童年本身一樣。 《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》捕捉了孤獨孩子的渴望、偏執的殘酷侮辱，以及能夠讓世界變得正確的言語的奇蹟。 瑪雅安傑盧的處女作回憶錄是一部深受全世界喜愛的現代美國經典。

瑪雅和她的兄弟貝利被母親送到南方小鎮與虔誠、自給自足的祖母一起生活，忍受著被遺棄的痛苦和當地「白人垃圾」的偏見。 八歲時，瑪雅回到聖路易斯母親身邊，遭到一名年齡是她幾倍的男子的襲擊，並不得不終生承受後果。 多年後，在舊金山，瑪雅了解到，對自己的愛、他人的善意、她自己堅強的精神以及偉大作家的思想（“我遇見並愛上了威廉·莎士比亞”）將使她獲得自由被監禁的。

《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》充滿詩意和力量，只要人們閱讀，就會觸動人心，改變思想。

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
 
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
 
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.