{"id":621,"date":"2015-11-15T03:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T03:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=621"},"modified":"2018-10-08T22:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T22:39:14","slug":"anglund-joan-walsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/anglund-joan-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGLUND, Joan Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1ed817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA bird doesn\u2019t sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Joan Walsh Anglund<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Untitled poem (June 1967) <em>A Cup in the Sun<\/em> New York, NY:\u00a0Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, p. 15<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58dd817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><em>Misattribution &amp; misquote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Anglund\u2019s verse was famously misattributed and placed on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the author <span style=\"color: #243569\"><strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/span>. The stamp quote was also a misquote &#8211; it substituted Anglund\u2019s original pronoun \u2018he\u2019 with \u2018it\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Anglund&#8217;s original words<\/em><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cA bird doesn\u2019t sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>Misquote &amp; misattribution to Maya Angelou<\/em><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #243569\">A bird doesn&#8217;t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>For more on the stamp misattribution, please see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Maya Angelou and the Internet&#8217;s Stamp of Approval&#8217; (10 April 2015) Ian Crouch, <em>The New Yorke<\/em>r:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/maya-angelou-and-the-internets-stamp-of-approval\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/maya-angelou-and-the-internets-stamp-of-approval<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018Book author Joan Walsh Anglund says of Angelou stamp: \u2018That\u2019s my quote\u2019\u2019 (6 April 2015) Lonnae O\u2019Neal, <em>The Washington Post<\/em> \u2013 Story includes Anglund&#8217;s gracious response to the misattribution: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/book-author-joan-walsh-anglund-claims-angelou-quote-on-stamp\/2015\/04\/06\/62d31934-dcc8-11e4-acfe-cd057abefa9a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/book-author-joan-walsh-anglund-claims-angelou-quote-on-stamp\/2015\/04\/06\/62d31934-dcc8-11e4-acfe-cd057abefa9a_story.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828385-86abfac4-79bfd817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Poetry. Full excerpt cited: the lines are featured on a single page without additional context.]:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #003380\">A bird doesn\u2019t sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828572-dac97b48-68e0d817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy \u2013 <em>A Cup in the Sun<\/em> (1967) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-15-123390-X[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf63d817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThoughts, rest your wings. Here is a hollow of silence, a nest of stillness in which to hatch your dreams.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Joan Walsh Anglund<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Untitled poem (June 1967) <em>A Cup in the Sun<\/em> New York, NY:\u00a0Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, p. 23<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf63d817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Poem &#8211; Cited prose is the only text on the page. Structure as shown in original source.]:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #003380\">Thoughts,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #003380\">rest your wings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #003380\">Here is<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #003380\">a hollow of silence,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #003380\">a nest of stillness<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #003380\">in which to hatch your dreams<\/span>.\u201d (p. 23)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf63d817-f303&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy \u2013 <em>A Cup in the Sun<\/em> (1967) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-15-123390-X[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong>Learn more about Joan Walsh Anglund<\/strong> <\/span>| Here are a few good places to start &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joan Walsh Anglund<\/strong> \u2013 Official website managed by Chris Meredith &#8211; includes brief author overview, forum, and links to charitable organizations: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joanwalshanglund.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.joanwalshanglund.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Conversation with Joan Walsh Anglund<\/strong> (20 September 2014) Lexington Public Library, Central Library Theater (video &#8211; 1:20:38) posted on YouTube via Lexington Library: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZkyMMxFCHQ0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZkyMMxFCHQ0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Joan Walsh Anglund, a writer with simple themes and a worldwide following, to visit Lexington<\/strong>\u2019 (13 September 2014) <strong>Lexington Herald Leader<\/strong> interview by Cheryl Truman: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/living\/family\/article44510133.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/living\/family\/article44510133.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<strong>Book author Joan Walsh Anglund says of Angelou stamp<\/strong>: \u2018That\u2019s my quote\u2019 (6 April 2015) Lonnae O\u2019Neal, <em>The Washington Post<\/em> \u2013 Anglund\u2019s gracious response to the U.S. Postal Service (and others) misattributing a quote from her book <em>A Cup in the Sun <\/em>to the author Maya Angelou: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/book-author-joan-walsh-anglund-claims-angelou-quote-on-stamp\/2015\/04\/06\/62d31934-dcc8-11e4-acfe-cd057abefa9a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/book-author-joan-walsh-anglund-claims-angelou-quote-on-stamp\/2015\/04\/06\/62d31934-dcc8-11e4-acfe-cd057abefa9a_story.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em>Image credit<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Placeholder image only &#8211; no CC\/public domain\/right-size image located to date.\u00a0ANGLUND, Joan Walsh (<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>PLACEHOLDER image only<\/strong><\/span>) Photo: David Davies, \u201cTree in bloom,\u201d (2 November 2014) Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) via David Davies, Flickr: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davies\/15669085066\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davies\/15669085066\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Walsh Anglund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[140,55,19,491,107],"tags":[519],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-artists","category-authors","category-born-in-illinois","category-poets","tag-childrens-book-authors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joan-Walsh-Anglund-Placeholder.jpg?fit=1200%2C850&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YPRD-a1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}