http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-956447.mp3
One of America's most prominent living poets is coming to Seattle. Dr. Maya Angelou is the author of a groundbreaking memoire published in 1970, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. It describes how she overcameracism and trauma growing up in the South.
Dr. Angelou is now 83, and recently received the highest civilian honor in the land, the Medal of Freedom, from President Barack Obama.
KPLU's Bellamy Pailthorp spoke with her and asked, first of all, how she came to write her first work of prose. (Click on the audio "play" arrow at the top of this post to hear KPLU's interview).
Dr. Angelou will speakat Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Monday, March 14th, in an appearance at 7:30 p.m.
She had been scheduled to speak at the Paramount in February, but rescheduled in order to receive the Medal of Freedom in a Washington, D.C., ceremony. If you had already purchased tickets to hear Dr. Angelou in February, those tickets will be honored on March 14th, according to Seattle Theatre Group.
