Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

The details of Angelou’s early life have been the subject of countless high school essays, but her incredible journey bears repeating. At the age of three, her parents divorced and she and her brother were sent to live with her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. At eight, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. After she revealed to her family that she had been assaulted, her attacker was killed. The news of the murder shocked Angelou into silence for the next six years, during which she would communicate only by scribbling messages on a tablet she kept on her hip. During that time, she cultivated a love for writing and reading, working her way through the shelves of her school library and falling in love especially with poetry. (At one point she memorized 75 Shakespearean sonnets.)

When she finally emerged from silence, she did so with aplomb, focusing her energy on dance and theater. At age 16, however, her plans were put on hold when she gave birth to her son, Guy. Eventually, she rekindled her stage career and, by the mid-50s, she was touring around the world as part of a production of Porgy and Bess.

much more .. but NOT about her two years as a prostitute.. I did think though that this was so interesting .. on so many levels ... . .staying silent for 6 years, as a kid is not easy feat ... . I read somewhere else that she believed with all her heart .. that HER words made people die ... . thank goodness 14 yrs old came around .. ;) I also read that she had a couple of brothers .. people suspected ... mmmhmmm.. I wouldn't be a bit surprised.. ..
http://www.biography.com/news/maya-angelou-dead-at-86#awesm=~oFM0VrgBgrrybK

............and what you gave us last night? .. HOW many languages do you speak? ....j/kidding, you
don't have to tell us .. but, I think it's more than one... ;)