Banned Books Conversations: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Season 4, Episode 1

October 5, 2025

Today’s book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose

Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.

Guest Links:

Amanda Skenandore

Website: www.amandaskenandore.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandaskenandore/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmandaSkenandoreAuthorPage

Lisa Rayne

Website: https://lisarayne.com/

https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lisa-rayne

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorrayne/

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@authorrayne

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorrayne

Kristian Horn

Website: https://parttimefanboy.com/

https://periwinklepuss.com/

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/parttimefanboy.bsky.social

Previous collaborations:

Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 516 Tonya Todd ConnectsComics With Literature In Comics Lit!

https://parttimefanboy.com/part-time-fanboy-podcast-ep-516-tonya-todd-connects-comics-with-literature-in-comics-lit/

Time With Love: May Celebration with guest AmandaSkenandore

https://www.youtube.com/live/0YdPKrF7oA8?si=881QQ9Q5ymsr0C7M

Femme on Creatives: Lisa Rayne

https://www.femmeon.show/166

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Stamped:Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram Kendi with guestsLisa Rayne, Alyson Shelton, and Dave Horrocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3ZcXrSrRI

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - NineteenMinutes by Jodi Picoult with guests Lisa Rayne, Gregory Kompes, and HeatherYoung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaDuPSHaAFE

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Clap When YouLand by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) with guests Lisa Rayne and Alyson Shelton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eilP2raNaXc

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - The AbsolutelyTrue Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie with guests AmandaSkenandore, Rochelle Merrill, and Mary Morris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXjykPRUZI

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - The KiteRunner by Khaled Hosseini with guests Amanda Skenandore, Ria Carrogan, andSherry Rosenthal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX6NFKNxO8

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Are You ThereGod? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970) with guests Amanda Skenandore,Vogue Robinson, and Mike Burton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7pUDUYrk

The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 44(Vote with your partner)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxI83j6-gaE

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/

https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd

Video Producer: JP Butler

Audio Producer: RiaCarrogan