Maya Angelou

Bibliography

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Random House (New York, NY), 1970, reprinted, 2002.
• Gather Together in My Name, Random House (New York, NY), 1974, reprinted, 1990.
• Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry like Christmas, Random House (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Heart of a Woman, Random House (New York, NY), 1981.
• All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
• A Song Flung up to Heaven, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (omnibus edition of all six autobiographies), Modern Library (New York, NY), 2004.

POETRY

• Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, Random House (New York, NY), 1971.
• Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well, Random House (New York, NY), 1975.
• And Still I Rise, Random House (New York, NY), 1978, new version published as Still I Rise, illustrated by Diego Rivera, edited by Linda Sunshine, Random House (New York, NY), 2001.
• Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?, Random House (New York, NY), 1983.
• Poems, four volumes, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Now Sheba Sings the Song (illustrated poem), illustrations by Tom Feelings, Dutton (New York, NY), 1987.
• I Shall Not Be Moved, Random House (New York, NY), 1990.
• On the Pulse of Morning, Random House (New York, NY), 1993.
• The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, Random House (New York, NY), 1994.
• A Brave and Startling Truth, Random House (New York, NY), 1995.
• Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women, Random House (New York, NY), 1995, new edition published as Phenomenal Woman, paintings by Paul Gaugin, edited by Linda Sunshine, Random House (New York, NY), 2000.
• Amazing Peace, Random House (New York, NY), 2005.

Also author of The Poetry of Maya Angelou, 1969. Contributor of poems in The Language They Speak Is Things to Eat: Poems by Fifteen Contemporary North Carolina Poets and to Mary Higgins Clark, Mother, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1996.

ESSAYS

• Lessons in Living, Random House (New York, NY), 1993.
• Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, Random House (New York, NY), 1993.
• Even the Stars Look Lonesome, Random House (New York, NY), 1997.
• Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me, Random House (New York, NY), 2006.
• Letter to my Daughter, Random House (New York, NY), 2008.

CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS

• Mrs. Flowers: A Moment of Friendship (selection from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) illustrated by Etienne Delessert, Redpath Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1986.
• Life Doesn't Frighten Me (poem), edited by Sara Jane Boyers, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stewart, Tabori & Chang (New York, NY), 1993.
• (With others) Soul Looks Back in Wonder, illustrated by Tom Feelings, Dial (New York, NY), 1993.
• My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Crown (New York, NY), 1994.
• Kofi and His Magic, photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Crown (New York, NY), 1996.
• Angelina of Italy, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• Izak of Lapland, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• Renie Marie of France, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• Mikale of Hawaii, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.

PLAYS

• (With Godfrey Cambridge) Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue), produced at Village Gate Theatre, New York, 1960.
• The Least of These (two-act drama), produced in Los Angeles, 1966.
• (Adapter) Sophocles, Ajax (two-act drama), produced at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974.
• (And director) And Still I Rise (one-act musical), produced in Oakland, CA, 1976.
• (Author of poems for screenplay) Poetic Justice (screenplay), Columbia Pictures, 1993.
• (Author of lyrics, with Alistair Beaton) King, book by Lonne Elder, III, music by Richard Blackford, London, 1990.

Also author of the play Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind, 1967, a drama, The Best of These, a two-act drama, The Clawing Within, 1966, a two- act musical, Adjoa Amissah, 1967, and a one-act play, Theatrical Vignette, 1983.

FILM AND TELEVISION SCRIPTS

• Georgia, Georgia (screenplay), Independent-Cinerama, 1972.
• (And director) All Day Long (screenplay), American Film Institute, 1974.
• (Writer of script and musical score) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, CBS, 1979.
• Sister, Sister (television drama), National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC-TV), 1982.
• (Writer of poetry) John Singleton, Poetic Justice (motion picture), Columbia Pictures, 1993.

Composer of songs, including two songs for movie For Love of Ivy, and composer of musical scores for both her screenplays. Author of Black, Blues, Black, a series of ten one-hour programs, broadcast by National Educational Television (NET-TV), 1968. Also author of Assignment America, a series of six one-half-hour programs, 1975, and of The Legacy and The Inheritors, two television specials, 1976. Other documentaries include Trying to Make It Home (Byline series), 1988, and Maya Angelou's America: A Journey of the Heart (also host). Public Broadcasting Service Productions include Who Cares about Kids, Kindred Spirits, Maya Angelou: Rainbow in the Clouds, and To the Contrary. Writer for television series Brewster Place, Harpo Productions.

RECORDINGS

• Miss Calypso (audio recording of songs), Liberty Records, 1957.
• The Poetry of Maya Angelou (audio recording), GWP Records, 1969.
• An Evening with Maya Angelou (audio cassette), Pacific Tape Library, 1975.
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (audio cassette with filmstrip and teacher's guide), Center for Literary Review, 1978, abridged version, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
• Women in Business (audio cassette), University of Wisconsin, 1981.
• Making Magic in the World (audio cassette), New Dimensions, 1988.
• On the Pulse of Morning (audio production), Ingram, 1993.
• Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (audio production), Ingram, 1993.
• Phenomenal Woman (audio production), Ingram, 1995.
• Been Found, 1996.

OTHER

• Conversations with Maya Angelou, edited by Jeffrey M. Elliot, Virago Press (London, England), 1989.
• Maya Angelou (four-volume boxed set), Ingram (London, England), 1995.
• (With Mary Ellen Mark) Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey, Aperture (New York, NY), 1998.

Contributor to books, including Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style, Delta, 1993; Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists, Rizzoli International Publications, 1996; The Journey Back: A Survivor's Guide to Leukemia, Rainbow's End Company, 1996; The Challenge of Creative Leadership, Shephard-Walwyn, 1998; and Amistad: "Give Us Free": A Celebration of the Film by Stephen Spielberg, Newmarket Press, 1998. Author of forewords to African Canvas: The Art of African Women, by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 1991; Dust Tracks on the Road: An Autobiography, by Zora Neale Hurston, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1991; Caribbean & African Cooking, by Rosamund Grant, Interlink (Northampton, MA), 1993;Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers & Daughters, HarperCollins, 1993; African Americans: A Portrait, by Richard A. Long, Crescent Books (New York, NY), 1993; and Essence: Twenty-five Years Celebrating Black Women, edited by Patricia M. Hinds, Harry N. Abrams (New York, NY), 1995; author of introduction to Not without Laughter, by Langston Hughes, Scribner (New York, NY), 1995; author of preface to Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers, edited by Rosemarie Robotham, BasicCivitas Books (New York, NY), 2003. Author, with Charlie Reilly and Amiri Bakara, Conversations with Amiri Bakara. Short stories are included in anthologies, including Harlem and Ten Times Black. Contributor of articles, short stories, and poems to national periodicals, including Harper's, Ebony, Essence, Mademoiselle, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Black Scholar, Architectural Digest, New Perspectives Quarterly, Savvy Woman, and Ms. Magazine.