![]() She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. From the first edition book cover by Janet. She wrote three collections of essays many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela and two cookbooks. Maya Angelous classic autobiography and coming of age story showing the power of books to help heal wounds. This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world. ![]() Good, slight cant to spine, a good amount of handling and shelving wear along. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and. Buy from our bookstore and 25 of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. Jacket design by Vincent Torre (illustrator). Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King - and memoirist. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBSs American Masters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dr Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. ![]()
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