{"product_id":"and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems","title":"And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems: A Book of Poems","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":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53683700629870,"sku":"9780394502526","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_84013b5d-9089-4d7b-acba-6e10c8e156f4.jpg?v=1777483381","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/and-still-i-rise-a-book-of-poems","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}