caged

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Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was included in the purge; Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was not.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Shrunken versions of novels like “Sense and Sensibility” and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” will be sold by Coach as readable bag charms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Classics such as Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” have been pulled from reading lists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

In southwest Florida, Collier County public schools slapped a warning sticker on 110 books — including the literary classics “Beloved,” by Toni Morrison, and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

She started copying a poem called "Caged Bird" into her notebook.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell