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The speaker of a poem by this author states that people “just can’t see / how I work all week / at the factory” and still have fun on Saturday. After listing their alluring qualities, a speaker created by this author states, “Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed.” In one of this author’s poems, an entity “cries out to us today, / You may stand upon me, / But do not hide your face.” The speaker asks, “Does my haughtiness offend (10[1])you?” (-5[1])in a poem by this author that begins, “You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies.” This author of (10[1])“Phenomenal Woman” recited a poem that begins, “A Rock, a River, a Tree” at a 1993 event. For 10 points, name this author of “Still I Rise” who read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Maya Angelou [or Marguerite Annie Johnson] (The first poem is “Weekend Glory.”)
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