[Reviews] I know why the caged bird cannot read Adjust Share How American high school students learn to loathe literature By Francine Prose, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Becky Alano Book reviews Books Carolyn Smith McGowen Harper Lee Literature Margaret Dodson Maya Angelou Reviews Study and teaching United States More from Francine Prose Down and Out in the Peloponnesus Christos Ikonomou’s modern tragedies Door to Door Mohsin Hamid’s displaced persons Master of the Mundane Karl Ove Knausgaard’s encyclopedic novels Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > September 1999 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close