Poems: Maya Angelou

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Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness,sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart andcelebrates life as only she has discovered it. Inthis moving volume of poetry, we hear themulti-faceted voice of one of the most powerful andvibrant writers of our time.

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"The wisdom, rue andhumor of her storytelling are borne on a liltingrhythm completely her own, the product of a bornwriter's senses nourished on black church singing andpreaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk,and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, LangstonHughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki."-- The New York Times BookReview.

"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks ofour survival." -- James Baldwin.

Author Bio

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.