- Biography, American Authors, Entertainers, African American authors
Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired countless readers with the first three volumes of her autobiography, one of the most remarkable personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth volume, The Heart of a Woman, her turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the singer-dancer enters the razzle-dazzle of fabulous New York City.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and meticulous.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Maya Angelou
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Random House, Bantam, Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780349017082
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“That ancient spiritual could have been the theme song of the United States in 1957.”
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, prostitute, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was an actor, writer, director
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