As the world celebrates and reflects on the beautiful life of Maya Angelou, Virago presents an updated collection of her works of poetry, collected together for the first time.
Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, memoirist, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. 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.She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. She died in 2014.
One of the brightest lights of our time -- a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenalwomanThe poems and stories she wrote and read to us in her commanding voice were gifts of wisdomand wit, courage and grace . . . I will always be grateful for her electrifying reading of 'On the Pulseof Morning' at my first inaugural, and even more for all the years of friendship that followedThe world knows her as a poet but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. "When you learn,teach. When you get, give" is one of my best lessons from herYou will hear the regal woman, the mischievous street girl; you will hear the price of blackwoman's survival and you will hear of her generosity. Black, bitter, and beautiful, she speaks ofour survival
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