1. Angelou, Maya (1928 ) American writer. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in Saint Louis, Missouri. She's known as a novelist, poet, and playwright. One of her most famous works is I http://classiclit.about.com/od/angeloumaya/Angelou_Maya.htm

zWASL=1 zGL='0';zGR='ca-about-radlink'; zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Classic Literature Classic Literature Search Classic Literature Filed In: A-to-Z Writers A-to-Z Writers A - Writers - Last Names (1928- ) American writer. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in Saint Louis, Missouri. She's known as a novelist, poet, and playwright. One of her most famous works is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why The Caged Bird @ Maya Angelou Of the twentieth-century American lives that have been transformed into books via the art of the memoir (and that have been transformed via the act of writing of the memoir itself), perhaps none reflects us as a nation as well and as variously as that lived by Maya Angelou. zSB(3,3) Maya Angelou Quotes American writer, she survived a tough childhood and early adult to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer. Maya Angelou Books - Poems - Autobiography - Essays Dignity and beauty are the two words that come first to my mind when I think of the writings of Maya Angelou, African American autobiographer and poet. Many came to know her writings when she delivered her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's 1993 inauguration. Her six-volume autobiography, her poetry and her essays are all delights to the mind and ear a special treat when read aloud. Maya Angelou Selected Works Maya Angelou is one of the most important American writers of her generation, famous for works like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Here's a selected list of Maya Angelou's works.

2. SwissEduc: Angelou, Maya: *1928 Multimedia educational resource with interviews, teaching information, and much more. http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/angelou_maya/index.html

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5. Maya Angelou - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Angelou, Maya (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York Random House. ISBN 0375-50789-2; Angelou, Maya (1984). Shades and slashes of light . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

Maya Angelou From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Maya Angelou Groundbreaking for the African Burial Ground , October 5, 2007 Born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 Saint Louis, Missouri United States Occupation Poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress, professor Ethnicity African American Literary movement Civil rights mayaangelou.com Maya Angelou (pronounced /ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/ born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her first seventeen years. It brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award . She has been awarded over 30 honorary degrees and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her 1971 volume of poetry

6. Maya Angelou- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/87

View Cart Log In More Info FURTHER READING Related Prose Poetic Justice : The Movie Related Poets Henry Dumas Related Pages Black History Adopt a Poet Add to Notebook E-mail to Friend ... Print Maya Angelou Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes The Heart of a Woman Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas Gather Together in My Name (1974), and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), which was nominated for the National Book Award. Among her volumes of poetry are A Brave and Startling Truth (Random House, 1995), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Now Sheba Sings the Song I Shall Not Be Moved Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), and

7. Maya Angelou - The Official Website Official website includes biographical information, lists of the poet's works, recent interviews, books and films for sale, and agent's contact info. http://mayaangelou.com/

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9. Maya Angelou Interview With Don Swaim Interview in 1987 by Don Swaim of CBS Radio. Available in RealAudio. http://wiredforbooks.org/mayaangelou

Wired For Books home Don Swaim Interviews Poetry Online Audio Interview with Maya Angelou I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings , and Now Sheba Sing the Song . But even after writing so many novels, Angelou says she still trying something with the form. Angelou would not speak again until provoked by a grade school teacher, Mrs. Flowers. Her teacher taught her the only way to truly love poetry was to speak it. Reading poetry was how Angelou found her voice. Her newly published book at the time of the interview, Now Sheba Sings the Song Feelings, she said, understood that. Listen in RealAudio to the Maya Angelou interview with Don Swaim, May 5, 1987 (21 min. 32 sec.) Maya Angelou, 1987 mp3 file Download Free RealPlayer or Search the RealPlayer Archives for a player that will work with older computers (note: version 5.0 or higher is required) For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio. Wired for Books home

10. Angelou, Maya [WorldCat Identities] I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou ( Book ) 130 editions published between 1961 and 2006 http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-24879

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11. AfroPoets.Net Famous Black Writers Maya Angelou Brief biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.afropoets.net/mayaangelou.html

Maya Angelou AfroPoets.Net Famous Black Writers o Home o Poetry Board o PoeticQ.com - Famous Writers Gallery o MrAfrica.TV - Live Spoken Word Picture Brief Bio Born Marguerite Johnson, Maya Angelou spent her formative years shuttling between St. Louis, Missouri, a tiny, totally segregated town in Arkansas, and San Francisco where she realized her ambition of becoming that city's first black streetcar conductor. During the 1950s, she studied dancing with Pearl Primus in New York, later appearing as a nightclub singer in New York and San Francisco. She worked as an editor for The Arab Observer, an English-language weekly published in Cairo; lived in Accra, Ghanna, where under the black nationalist regime of Kwame Nkrumah she taught music and drama; and studied cinematography in Sweden. She became a national celebrity in 1970 with the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first volume of her autobiography, which detailed her encounters with southern racism and a rape by her mother's lover. In 1971, she produced Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie: The Poetry of Maya Angelou; in 1975, Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well; in 1979, And Still I Rise; and in 1983, Shaker Why Don't You Sing? In 1977, she was nominated for an Emmy award for her portrayal of Nyo Boto in the television adaptation of the best-selling novel "Roots."

12. What's New Genre Poem Keywords Aging, Death and Dying, Disability, Human Worth, Illness and the Family, Suffering, Vision Disorder Summary Angelou’s four stanza poem is narrated by http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=173

13. Maya Angelou — Infoplease.com More on Maya Angelou from Infoplease Maya Angelou Biography of Maya Angelou, Author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings; Famous African American Quotations (Ali, Andrew Young, Angelou http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0804025.html

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15. Angelou, Maya - Definition Of Angelou, Maya By The Free Online Dictionary, Thesa An ge lou (n jl), Maya Originally Marguerite Johnson. Born 1928. American poet, playwright, and novelist best known for her autobiographical novels, including I Know Why the Caged http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Angelou, Maya

16. Maya Angelou | Books | Guardian.co.uk Profile, articles, reviews and links. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/09/mayaangelou

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17. Maya Angelou — FactMonster.com More on Maya Angelou from Fact Monster Maya Angelou Maya Angelou poet, writer, composer, actress Born 4/4/1928 Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri Grammy http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0804025.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Angelou, Maya Angelou, Maya u u l OO key Porgy and Bess The Blacks and her own Cabaret for Freedom (1960). During the 1960s she was active in the African-American political movement; she subsequently spent several years in Ghana as editor of the African Review. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, have generally been well-received. She has also published several volumes of poetry, including And I Still Rise The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Cite Print More on Maya Angelou from Fact Monster: Maya Angelou - Maya Angelou poet, writer, composer, actress Born: 4/4/1928 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Grammy ... Famous African American Quotations (Ali, Andrew Young, Angelou, Du Bois, King Jr.) - African-American Quotations From Muhammad Ali to Andrew Young Compiled by Ann Marie Imbornoni Try ... African American Literature: History, Crossword, Quizzes, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights

18. Ladyslipper Online Catalog & Resource Guide Of Music By Women Music by Women Most of us know the artist as a powerful, majestic writer, poet and Presidential inauguration speaker, but in 1956, at the height of her nightclub singing career http://www.ladyslipper.org/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=53&upc=01704697052

19. Visions: Maya Angelou | Mother Jones An interview with Angelou at Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/media/1995/05/visions-maya-angelou

Skip to Navigation Skip to Content Mother Jones Advertisement Home Politics Environment Culture ... Support Must Reads: Boehner to GOP: Sober Up! Democrats Rejoice…In Oakland Lessons from an Electoral Spanking Tom Tancredo Wins By Losing ... Culture Visions: Maya Angelou A celebrated poet issues a call to arms to the nation's artists Ken Kelley Newsletter Share Close this Share Box Comments Post Comment May/June 1995 Issue Maya Angelou speaks in the lilting cadence of the dancer she was trained to be. She moves with the sure grace of the poet she was born to be. She laughs with crackling exuberance, as she did during our interviewthe first time she has talked about President Clinton since his inaugurationand with her low, resonant, emphatic voice she fills the room; it overflows Transcendent as an actor, teacher, playwright, civil rights activist, and much more, Dr. Angelou is a potent mix of the spiritual and the earthy. Advertisement Advertise on MotherJones.com Q: Two years later, does President Clinton embody the same vision for America as the man whose inauguration you electrified with your poem "On the Pulse of Morning"? A: I think he does. I think of him as an "innocent abroad" [laughs]. I think he thought that being president was going to be a step up from being governor of Arkansas

20. Angelou, Maya Definition Of Angelou, Maya In The Free Online Encyclopedia. Angelou, Maya (mī`ə ăn`jəl), 1928–, AfricanAmerican writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo. as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Angelou, Maya

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