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A Song Flung Up to Heaven is the sixth book in author Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies. Set between 1965 and 1968, it begins where Angelou's previous book All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes ends, with Angelou's trip from Accra, Ghana, where she had lived for the past four years, back to the United States.
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Jan 1, 2002 · A Song Flung Up to Heaven is the sixth and final instalment of Maya's six-part autobiography, spanning the years 1964-1968. It is a heart-rending volume. It begins on her return to the US after years in Ghana, where her son has chosen to stay behind.
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven is a 2002 autobiography by African-American author Maya Angelou. Spanning just three years between 1965 and 1968, it continues where her previous autobiography, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes , left off.
Against the backdrop of domestic revolution and international inhumanity, such as the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN depicts the author coping with the most mundane and universal aspects of life—finding work, cooking meals, navigating family crises.
Apr 9, 2002 · A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN. by Maya Angelou ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2002. The distinguished poet and playwright brings her six-volume cycle of memoirs to a close. Angelou ( Even the Stars Look Lonesome, 1997, etc.) is today among the best-known African-American writers at work—a celebrity, even, thanks to appearances at Bill Clinton’s ...
Apr 1, 2003 · A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother.
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