autobiographies. The book was published in 2013, shortly before Mother's
Day and Angelou's 85th birthday. It focuses on her relationship with her
mother, Vivian Baxter. The book explains Baxter's behavior, especially
her abandonment of Angelou and Angelou's older brother when they were
young children. It also chronicles Angelou's reunion and reconciliation
with Baxter. Mom & Me & Mom is an overview of Angelou's life and
revisits many of the anecdotes related in her previous books. Angelou
was one of the first African American female writers to openly discuss
her life through autobiography, upholding the long traditions of African
American autobiography but challenging the usual structure of the
autobiography by critiquing, changing, and expanding the genre. Like
Angelou's previous autobiographies, Mom & Me & Mom received mostly
positive reviews. Most reviewers state that Baxter is presented well in
the book. Pictures of Angelou, Baxter, and members of their family
appear through the book. An audio version, read by Angelou, was released
in CD form and as a digital download.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_%26_Me_%26_Mom>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
610:
Heraclius was crowned Byzantine Emperor, after having personally
beheaded the previous emperor Phocas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius>
1789:
French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of
bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched on
the royal palace at Versailles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_March_on_Versailles>
1903:
Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia,
while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne
Justices of the High Court of Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor_(politician)>
1970:
The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as
the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace>
2001:
American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's
single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bonds>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amber:
1. Translucent fossilized tree resin, generally yellow or orange but
sometimes blue, often used as jewelry.
2. (in British English) The middle light in a set of three traffic lights,
between the red and the green lights.
3. (in biology, biochemistry and genetics) The RNA codon UAG, which stops
the third stage of protein production, translation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amber>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has
invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny
assigned to him.
--Václav Havel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel>
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