Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Maya Angelou, the African-American writer and poet, took the title of her famous autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, from Dunbar's poem "Sympathy." Now we can show off our smarty-pants literary knowledge at parties by pointing out this link between the book and the poem. (Source.)
There's a high school in Dayton, Ohio, named after Paul Laurence Dunbar. This poet has a lot to teach us, clearly. (Source.)
Paul Laurence Dunbar's parents were both born into slavery. Is it any wonder that he writes about caged birds? (Source.)