Poems: Maya Angelou
'Maya Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth.'--The New York Times Book Review 'Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival.'--JAMES BALDWIN Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time.
Amazing Peace
Amazing Peace
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry
From her reflections on African American life and hardship in Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise, and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinto...
Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
This Modern Library edition contains 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, 'and 'A Song Flung Up to Heaven.' When 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 'was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garnered the attention of an international audience with the triumphs and tragedies of her childhood in the American South. This soul-baring memoir launched a six-book epic spanning the sweep of the author's incredible life. Now, for the first time, all six celebrated and bestselling autobiographies are available in this handsome one-volume edition. Dedicated fans and newcomers alike can follow the continually absorbing chronicle of Angelou's life: her formative childhood in Stamps, Arkansas; the birth of her son, Guy, at the end of World War II; her adventures traveling abroad with the famed cast of 'Porgy and Bess; 'her experience living in
Just Give Me A Cool Drink Of Water 'Fore I Diiie
The re-issue of Just Give me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou - one of the most celebrated writers and poets of the world.
Maya Angelou
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed¿Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Maya Angelou, the powerful speaker,¿writer¿and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou spent much of her childhood in Stam...
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom
Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom is a collection of some of her best and most empowering quotes. This is the ultimate keepsake for fans of Maya Angelou's beautiful poetry, as well as for anyone looking for a bit of in-the-moment inspiration to have in t...
Who Was Maya Angelou?
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself ou...
What Maya Angelou Says
What Maya Angelou Says
I, Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya, one of the world's foremost dancers, rose to become a prima ballerina of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet after an early life filled with tragedy and loss. In this spirited memoir, Plisetskaya reflects on her personal and professional ody...
Maya Angelou- A Writer's Journal
For the first time ever, fans of Maya Angelou have creative space to write their own masterpieces alongside quotes from the phenomenal poet, memoirist, activist, and actor in this elegant and evocative journal. Building on the rich legacy of Maya Angelou's publishing catalog, this blank journalsprinkled with her signature wit and wisdom throughoutoffers readers and fans new ways to celebrate one of America's literary heroes and enjoy her words of wisdom, inspiration, encouragement, and empowerment. This gorgeous writing notebook includes some of Dr. Angelou's most powerful statements, including, "What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain." And readers will be prompted along their own journeys through affirmations from her most famous poems, like, "I am a woman phenomenally; phenomenal womanthat's me." Whether you're taking notes at church, capturing some key information while on the go, or just meditating through scribbling on the page, this journal will inspire you whenever you open its pages, with Dr. Angelou encouraging you each step along your literary path.
Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou’s classic memoirs have had an enduring impact on American literature and culture. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s Amer...
Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry
From her reflections on African American life and hardship in Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise, and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinto...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local 'powhitetrash.' At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ('I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare') will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will
The Complete Poetry
The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelou's words live on in this complete collection of poetry, including her inaugural poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life. Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volume--from her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie ('Though there's one thing that I cry for / I believe enough to die for / That is every man's responsibility to man') to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in the poem 'Still I Rise' ('Out of the huts of history's shame / I rise / Up from a past that's rooted in pain / I rise') to her 'On the Pulse of Morning' tribute at President William
Letter to My Daughter
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a 'lifelong endeavor,' or simply singing the praises of a meal of red
Mom and Me and Mom
For the first time, Maya Angelou - one of America's most celebrated memoirists and poets - shares the deepest personal story of her life: the story of her relationship with her mother.
Phenomenal Woman
A collection of beloved poems about women from the iconic Maya Angelou These four poems, 'Phenomenal Woman,' 'Still I Rise,' 'Weekend Glory,' and 'Our Grandmothers,' are among the most remembered and acclaimed of Maya Angelou's poems. They celebrate women with a majesty that has inspired and touched the hearts of millions. These memorable poems have been reset and bound in a beautiful edition--a gift to keep and to give.
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to be treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power of spirituality to move and shape your life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Maya Angelou's latest unforgettable work offers a gem of truth on every page. Maya Angelou speaks out . . . On Faith: 'I'm taken aback when people walk up to me and tell me they are Christians. My first response is the question 'Already' It seems to me a lifelong endeavor to try to live the life of a Christian. It is in the search itself that one finds ecstasy.' On Racism: 'It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we
Letter to My Daughter
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a 'lifelong endeavor,' or simply singing the praises of a meal of red
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local 'powhitetrash.' At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of
