Talk:Maya Angelou

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Archive 1 - 2008-03-14

Contents 1 what? 2 Angelou's mutism 3 Two new sections 4 Die vs. Diiie

[edit] what?

There's no criticism of her on this page? Nothing about her racist views? Typical wiki. . . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.0.42 (talk) 21:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Angelou's mutism

In the on-going improvement of this article, I've been looking at the references and trying to find more reliable sources. I understand that university newspaper articles aren't as reliable as sources like The New York Times, but for the time being, I'd like to retain the Daily Nexus ref because it has that great quote about Angelou's mutism. Of course, if this gets in the way of this article's eventual GA or FA status, it should be (reluctantly) removed. The best next choice is the following, which I suggest should replace it if or/when it becomes necessary:

Horrified that her words had caused anyone's death, Maya withdrew into a silence that the Baxters were incapable of handling. She and Bailey were returned to Annie Henderson and the community of Stamps, where for five years Maya remained mute. She was finally released from the burden of speechlessness in 1940, through her study of literature and the guidance by a woman from Stamps named Mrs. Flowers.^[1] --Figureskatingfan (talk) 21:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Two new sections

I have added two new sections, "Writing style" and "Themes in Angelou's autobiographies", in the interest of the improvement of this article, and to make it more like the articles of other writers. I used my second sandbox to draft the new sections and then cut-and-pasted them into the article. I hope that this has brought it closer to GA and FA status. I believe that it's still far away from it, however; it needs more research in order to expand the bio section. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 22:10, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Die vs. Diiie

As far as I can tell, the title of the book was Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie, with three I's, not Die. That's the way the phrase is spelled in her poem "No No No No", at any rate. - Montréalais (talk) 04:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

It depends upon where it's listed. Some of the entries on Amazon spell the word with one "i", and some do not. MA's webpage spells it as you do. Personally, it doesn't matter much to me. I'm willing to go with what she says. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 06:01, 17 May 2008 (UTC)