Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Peer review/I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I would like this novel to go through a peer review because I believe that the novel is important in American literature, especially African American literature. It has been edited as far as it can be, so it could benefit from additional eyes for further improvement. --Figureskatingfan 20:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Have you taken a look at the style guidelines for novels? If not, it may help you delineate further sections (ie. publication history, themes and style). Since the lead paragraph states that the novel is autobiographical in nature, it may be interesting to explore what facets of the book are in fact fiction. For further research, check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Resources to plump up the critical importance of this novel as well as the impact it has had on its genre and the author herself. I hope this has helped; if you need anything else, you can reach me here or by my talk page. María (habla conmigo) 21:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't see this response until about two weeks ago; I forgot that I made the request and had moved onto other edits, but I think that I've made the changes as recommended here. I expanded the "Literary significance" section of the article, based upon some sources I was able to find. Now that this is completed, could someone please peer review it? It would be wonderful if we could get this article to FA before Ms. Angelou's 80th birthday in early April. I'm not Oprah, so I can't be as extravagant as I suspect she'll be, but it would such a cool present from the WP community. (I'd like to have her bio article up to that level, but it just ain't gonna happen.) If there's no response by the end of the week, I'm going to go ahead and submit it for FA, anyway. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 06:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)