Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, and five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages Publisher: Vintage On Sale: June 4, 1991 Price: $13.00
In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of “Revolutionist Returnees” inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an...
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Format: Hardcover, 32 pages Publisher: Random House On Sale: December 1, 2005 Price: $9.95
In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires readers to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.”
Format: Hardcover, 1184 pages Publisher: Modern Library On Sale: September 21, 2004 Price: $40.00
Here, for the first time ever, a one-volume edition of all of Maya Angelou's celebrated and bestselling autobiographies.
Includes:
• 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 Travelling...Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Publisher: Random House On Sale: September 13, 1994 Price: $25.95
Brought together for the first time, here are all of Angelou's published poems--including "On the Pulse of the Morning," her inaugural poem--in a handsome, collectible hardcover edition. The complete texts of Angelou's previous volumes of poetry--Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie; Oh Pray My Wings Are...Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: September 1, 1998 Price: $12.00
Available in paperback, Maya Angelou's most recent book Even the Stars Look Lonesome is a continuation of her celebrated Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now. In this new book, Angelou shares more vital lessons gleaned from intimate personal experiences and reveals insights into a wide variety of subjects. She tells...
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Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House On Sale: August 5, 1997 Price: $18.00
This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks On Sale: April 21, 2009 Price: $15.00
Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou’s personal story, begun so unforgettably in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The time is the end of World War II and there is a sense of optimism everywhere. Maya Angelou, still in her teens, has given birth to a son. But...
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Format: Paperback, 192 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: January 1, 1985 Price: $6.50
The second book in Angelou’s series of autobiographies. The poet, still in her teens, gives birth to a son, tries to keep a job, chases after her kidnapped baby, and goes to work in a house of prostitution thinking she is helping the man she loves.
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