Maya Angelou

The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.

In the third volume of her autobiography, the author recounts her passage into adulthood and the white world, and her initial experiences of marriage, motherhood, and show business.

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...

Sensitive autobiography of a black woman who retains her personal "human dignity."

Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life.

A collection of poetry written by Maya Angelou.

A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.