Maya Angelou

The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
 
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent...

Por meio de sua ilustre carreira na literatura, Maya Angelou presenteou, curou e inspirou o mundo com suas palavras. Em sua comovente e poética escrita, a beleza e o espírito de sua voz vivem nesta obra que reflete e honra a história notável da escritora - de suas reflexões sobre a vida afro-americana à celebração revolucionária da condição da mulher negra. Atemporais, os versos de Maya passam por gerações e mostram por quais motivos...

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...

Set of four poems about women, their struggles and triumphs.

In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world, and the white world as well, as she marries, enters show business, and tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess. As the book opens, Maya, in order to support herself and her young son, gets a job in a record shop run by a white woman. Suspicious of almost any kindness shown her, she is particularly confused...