'Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer' (2006).'From a Black Woman to a Black Man', 1995.Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (1995).The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994).Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975).Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971).Poetry Angelou reciting 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration in 1993 Angelou with Tom Feelings, who illustrated Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (2004).All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986).Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976).

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).Unless otherwise stated, the items in this list are from Gillespie et al, pp. Since the 1990s, Angelou participated in the lecture circuit, which she continued into her eighties. and she was the first African-American woman to direct a major motion picture, Down in the Delta, in 1998. Her screenplay Georgia, Georgia (1972) was the first original film script by a black woman to be produced. Īngelou's successful acting career included roles in numerous plays, films, and television programs, such as in the television mini-series Roots in 1977.

She was a prolific writer of poetry her volume Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and she was chosen by President Bill Clinton to recite her poem ' On the Pulse of Morning' during his inauguration in 1993. She was one of the most honored writers of her generation, earning an extended list of honors and awards, as well as more than 30 honorary degrees.

Angelou said regarding Loomis: 'We have a relationship that's kind of famous among publishers.' Angelou used the same editor throughout her writing career, Robert Loomis, an executive editor at Random House, until he retired in 2011. Angelou wrote collections of essays, including Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) and Even the Stars Look Lonesome(1997), which writer Hilton Als called her 'wisdom books' and 'homilies strung together with autobiographical texts'. They take place from the beginnings of World War II to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.Īngelou's autobiographies are distinct in style and narration, and 'stretch over time and place', from Arkansas to Africa and back to the US. All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith.

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