And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou's third poetry collection, a unique celebration of life, consists of rhythms of strength, love, and remembrance, songs of the street, and lyrics of the heart.
Read Time: ~1.6 hr
On the Bus with Rosa Parks
by Rita Dove (1999)
About this book
A new collection by a much celebrated poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove. From the opening sequence, "Cameos," which probes the private griefs and dreams of a working-class family, to the emblematic grace of a living legend like Rosa Parks, who acquiesced to public life in order to "serve the public good," these poems explore the intersection of individual fates with the grand arc of history. If there are heroes, Dove maintains, they continually reinvent themselves, as each of us must do each morning.
Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOn the Bus with Rosa Parks Lead Character
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