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(Illustration by TS Abe; Photographic reference: Corbis Outline #MayaAngelou #IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings #African-American #BlackAmerican Maya Angelou’s breakthrough memoir forever changed American literature and helped carve a new space for black self-expression Maya Angelou published the first of her seven memoirs not long after she distinguished herself as the star raconteur at a dinner party. “At the time, I was really only concerned with poetry, though I had written a television series,” she would recall. James Baldwin, the novelist and activist, took her to the party, which was at the home of the cartoonist- writer Jules Feiffer and his then-wife, Judy. “We enjoyed each other immensely and sat up until 3 or 4 in the morning, drinking Scotch and telling tales,” Angelou went on. “The next morning, Judy Feiffer called a friend of hers at Random House and said, ‘You know the poet Maya Angelou? If you could get her to write a book...’” That book became  I Know Why th

#MayaAngelou #BrenéBrown “Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.” ~ Brené Brown “When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.” “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” “Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.”