Maya Angelou

In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she 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 during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old...

Maya Angelou records the years in which her life hinged on retaining her pride and dignity among the street people of Los Angeles.

Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman, about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power do spirituality to move and shape your life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Maya Angelou's...

Relates the author's personal narrative of the time she spent in Ghana with other Black American expatriates.

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. Maya struggles to support herself and her son through a series of odd jobs and weathers a failed marriage to a white man before landing a gig singing in one of the most popular nightclubs on the San Francisco coast.

Presents a poem celebrating the wisdom and enduring love of mothers.

A collection of essays in which the African-American author discusses the things she cares about, shares personal experiences, and offers her opinion on a wide variety of subjects, including age and sexuality, the burdens of fame, and rage and violence.

Presents Maya Angelou's brave, defiant poem on the theme of courage in everyday life.