{"product_id":"2940169265385","title":"And Still I Rise (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePretty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161843319024,"sku":"2940169265385","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169265385_p0.jpg?v=1763677530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169265385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}