[New post] Book reviews – Maya Angelou – “And Still I Rise” and Warsan Shire – “Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head”

Liz Dexter posted: " A double review today of two shortish poetry books, both written by Black women about gender and racial oppression, among other things, each including a very famous poem, one published a good 30 years before the other and both saying similar things. " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Adventures in reading, running and working from home Book reviews – Maya Angelou – "And Still I Rise" and Warsan Shire – "Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head" by Liz Dexter A double review today of two shortish poetry books, both written by Black women about gender and racial oppression, among other things, each including a very famous poem, one published a good 30 years before the other and both saying similar things. The Maya Angelou was part of the box set I've been reading along […] Read more of this post Liz Dexter | April 3, 2022 at 8:08 am | Tags: book reviews, books | Categories: Book reviews, Social justice - gender sex sexuality, social justice - race | URL: https://wp.me/p21YR4-52X Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Adventures in reading, running and working from home. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2022/04/03/book-reviews-maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise-and-warsan-shire-bless-the-daughter-raised-by-a-voice-in-her-head/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com