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Caged Bird,’’ celebrated for its lyricism and unblunted honesty, was the first of seven memoirs, including “Gather Together In My Name,’’ “Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas’’ and “Mom & Me & Mom.’

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2014

Achieving in these games doesn’t necessarily grant bragging rights, but there is certainly some prestige in besting the unstinting, unblunted efforts of a game designer to kill you as much as possible.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2014

The amazing thing is that although everybody learns early that the future always arrives with a sequence of astonishments, the appetite for imagined glimpses of those surprises remains unabated, unblunted even by repetitious disappointment.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the text will not permit him to sweep to his revenge, there is never any question that he is speeding towards it with unblunted zeal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou