The author presents a collection of his columns from "The New York Times Magazine" addressing how to behave appropriately in the modern world, accompanied by second thoughts on his original replies as well as follow-up notes from readers.

The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive there than...