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Poems

Poems

by Maya Angelou
Poems

Poems

by Maya Angelou

Overview

Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness,  sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and  celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In  this moving volume of poetry, we hear the  multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and  vibrant writers of our time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780553379853
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/12/1997
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 138,605
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile: NP (what's this?)

About the Author

About The Author
Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

Hometown:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Date of Birth:

April 4, 1928

Place of Birth:

St. Louis, Missouri

Education:

High school in Atlanta and San Francisco
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American poetry->African American women authors
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