His mother, Emma, was always ill, having to spend much of her time away from home. ... He yearned to be in some place both more colorful and more kindly than Sauk Centre (Schorer, 5). ... At work on his third novel, Sinclair Lewis was offered $1000 by the Saturday Evening Press for his story called "Nature, Inc."" and following that, he was offered a total sum of $3000 for 3 more. ... In contrast, though, the more that people fixed their opinions on him, the more they became united, buying his book by the tens of thousands. ...

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She lived with her grandmother who she called "Momma Henderson". ... (mayaangelou.com, 2015) Married to Tosh Angelos but the marriage did not last long, Maya found herself enjoy the independence of doing what she felt passion about rather than staying home as a housewife. ... (King, 1994) New York City was the only place for a black writer to be in the 1950's and 1960's. ... For the first time in history, Maya Angelou's book became the first non-fiction best-seller by an African American. ... The book was banned in many schools during that time since Maya Angelou was really ...

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