Life Doesn't Frighten Me (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition)
Shadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn't frighten me at all¿Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem celebrates the courage within each of us, young and old. From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new clas...
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
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
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
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...
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
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.
Brev Till Min Dotter
Maya Angelous självbiografiska bok Brev till min dotter. Medborgarrättskämpe, författare, sångerska, dansare - många beteckningar kan sättas på Maya Angelou, som dock är mest känd som författare, bland annat till genombrottsromanen Jag vet varför burfågeln sjunger. Nu kommer - för första gången på svenska - hennes bok Brev till min dotter (som kunde haft undertiteln "...om jag hade någon" eftersom Angelou bara fick ett barn och det var en son). Angelou berättar helt öppet om tuffa, bittra förhållanden under sin uppväxt. Hon våldtas och misshandlas men lyckas både klara livhanken och behålla självrespekten. När hon som sextonåring har sex första gången, inte med en pojkvän utan bara av nyfikenhet med en pojke hon råkat på, blir hon med barn och föder sin son, som glädjande nog välkomnas till livet av både henne och hennes kärleksfulla anhöriga. Angelou utstrålar en vibrerande energi i livets alla skeden, hon är imponerande ihärdig. Hon möter på mäktigt motstånd för att hon är kvinna och svart och av enkelt ursprung men har en förmåga att aldrig ge sig utan istället systematiskt ta sig igenom alla svårigheter. Sensmoralen i denna kloka bok är att man bör vara vaksam på sina egna fördomar, vilket Angelou illustrerar med exempel från sitt eget liv - hon förmedlar en rad generande missbedömningar som hon själv gjort sig skyldig till. Hon tror att det är kackerlackor i de fattiga marockanernas kaffe, men inser att de bjudit henne på dyrbara russin. Hon smutsar ner en middagsduk i Senegal i tron att det är en matta som gästerna inte anses fina nog att beträda. Hon skrämmer upp en servitris i North Carolina när hon fått vänta för länge på sin frukost, men upptäcker att det inte alls beror på hennes hudfärg som hon förmodat utan på att kocken har slut på majsgryn. Den övergripande lärdomen är att man inte ska tro att man vet allt, även om författarens pondus ibland kan låta påskina att hon gör det. Detta är en bok som stannar i minnet. Den handlar om livets största glädjeämnen och bittraste besvikelser och om att kunna stå upp för sin sak. Maya Angelous bok Brev till min dotter i översättning och med efterord av Christian Ekvall. ISBN 978-91-7742-588-5. Högkvalitetspapper, sydda ark, mjuka pärmar med flikar, 144 sidor.
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.
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
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
Amazing Peace
Amazing Peace
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.
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
Amazing Peace
Amazing Peace
Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me
Perfect for Mother's Day, or for any day on which we wish to acknowledge this all-important bond, Mother is an awe-inspiring affirmation of the enduring love that exists in every corner of the globe. With her signature eloquence and heartfelt appreciation, renowned poet and national treasure Maya Angelou celebrates the first woman we ever knew: Mother. 'You were always the heart of happiness to me,' she acknowledges in this loving tribute, 'Bringing nougats of glee / Sweets of open laughter.' From the beginnings of this profound relationship through teenage rebellion and, finally, to adulthood, where we stand to inherit timeless maternal wisdom, Angelou praises the patience, knowledge, and compassion of this remarkable parent.
Rainbow in the Cloud
An inspiring collection of quotations from the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Inspired by the woman who has inspired us all, Rainbo...
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hop...
Heart Of A Woman
From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this memoir chronicles Maya Angelou's involvement with the civil rights movement. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Ange...
Gather Together In My Name
The sequel to I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer....
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
A memoir about home and belonging, from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography, beginning with I KNOW WHY THE CAGE...
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.
And Still I Rise
The classic collection of poetry from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of lo...
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the iconic, beloved and deeply moving first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography. *** 'The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant ...
Mom and Me and Mom
'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling...
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...
And Still I Rise
A beautiful and inspiring collection of poetry by Maya Angelou, author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS and 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA). 'I write about being a Black American woman, however, ...
Song Flung Up to Heaven
A memoir of politics and activism, from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA It is 1964 and Maya Angelou is on her way back home, leav...
Letter To My Daughter
A collection of wisdom and life lessons, from the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees al...