{"product_id":"and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems-9780394502526","title":"And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou's unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, \u003ci\u003eAnd Still I Rise, \u003c\/i\u003eas seen on PBS's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Masters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.\u003cbr\u003e I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size\u003cbr\u003e But when I start to tell them, \u003cbr\u003e They think I'm telling lies.\u003cbr\u003e I say, \u003cbr\u003e It's in the reach of my arms, \u003cbr\u003e The span of my hips, \u003cbr\u003e The stride of my step, \u003cbr\u003e The curl of my lips.\u003cbr\u003e I'm a woman\u003cbr\u003e Phenomenally.\u003cbr\u003e Phenomenal woman, \u003cbr\u003e That's me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus begins \"Phenomenal Woman,\" just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou's third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh--and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. \u003ci\u003eAnd Still I Rise\u003c\/i\u003e is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is true poetry she is writing,\" M.F.K. Fisher has observed, \"not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including \u003ci\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of a Woman, \u003c\/i\u003e she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them \u003ci\u003ePhenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMother\u003c\/i\u003e. Maya Angelou died in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613201568018,"sku":"9780394502526","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14155ec7-4592-42d5-9ace-20f108e7a9bf.jpg?v=1732390408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems-9780394502526","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}