Arkansas | Arkansas
Dec.18.2012
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...
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Dec.14.2007
Dr. Angelou’s first autobiographical volume recounts her difficult youth from Arkansas to St. Louis to California. Filled with disappointment and tragedy, Angelou emerges from a remarkable struggle with a hard-fought independence and triumphant spirit intact.
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Dec.14.2007
Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) is leery of people who give up too easily, whiners, complainers, men seeking an “earth mother” and vulgar entertainers. In this collection of short essays, many only two to three pages in length, she discusses the value of charity and her faith in God. She...
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Dec.14.2007
Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas—a world of which most Americans are ignorant.
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