Collects seventeen critical essays on the life, influences, and works of Gwendolyn Brooks, including selections by Jascha Hoffman, Brooke Kenton Horvath, James D. Sullivan, and others.
Collects critical essays on Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," including selections by Christopher Cox, Liliane K. Arensberg, Cherron A. Barnwell, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.
