{"product_id":"and-still-i-rise-cd-9780375419492","title":"And Still I Rise","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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49849670009105,"sku":"CIN0375419497G","price":4.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375419497.jpg?v=1751228927","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/and-still-i-rise-cd-9780375419492","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}