The Oxford Companion to American Literature | Angelou, Maya
Angelou, Maya( 1928– ), St. Louis-born author, singer, dancer, playwright, and stage and screen actress, long resident in California, has achieved most success with her frank and warm-hearted autobiographical accounts of her life as a young black woman in America and her residence abroad in Egypt and Ghana, titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), Gather Together in My Name (1974), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), The Heart of a Woman (1981), and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986). She has also written several collections of poems, including Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diie (1971), Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), And Still I Rise (1978), Shaker, Why Don't You Sing (1983), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), and Shall Not Be Moved (1990). The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou...
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