Dec 29, 2009

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes | Related Titles

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is the fifth in Angelou's series of autobiographies (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969; Gather Together in My Name, 1974; Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, 1976; and The Heart of a Woman, 1981). Each of the successive books depicts Angelou less as a victim of poverty and prejudice, and more as a force who can change society and take charge of her own life. Here, the confident Angelou, who is a celebrity in American letters, finds herself in an intellectually alien culture in Germany. This...