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Born in April 4, 1928 / Died in April 24, 2014 / United States / English

Furtherreading

Other info : Career | Bibliography

BOOKS

  • Angelou, Maya, Gather Together in My Name, Random House (New York, NY), 1974.
  • Angelou, Maya, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry like Christmas, Random House (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Angelou, Maya, The Heart of a Woman, Random House (New York, NY), 1981.
  • Angelou, Maya, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Angelou, Maya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bantam (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Angelou, Maya, Lessons in Living, Random House (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Angelou, Maya, Even the Stars Look Lonesome, Random House (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Angelou, Maya, A Song Flung up to Heaven, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.
  • Bloom, Harold, editor, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Chelsea House Publishers (New York, NY), 1995.
  • Braxton, Joanne M., editor, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Casebook, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1999.
  • Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography Supplement: Modern Writers, 1900-1998, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 15, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.
  • Contemporary Heroes and Heroines, Book 1, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1990.
  • Contemporary Poets, seventh edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2001.
  • Contemporary Popular Writers, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1997.
  • Contemporary Southern Writers, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1999.
  • Contemporary Women Poets, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 38: Afro-American Writers after 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1985.
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography, second edition, seventeen volumes, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Evans, Mari, editor, Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation, Anchor Press-Doubleday (New York, NY), 1984.
  • Inge, Tonette Bond, editor, Southern Women Writers: The New Generation, University of Alabama Press (Tuscaloosa, AL), 1990.
  • King, Sarah E., Maya Angelou: Greeting the Morning, Millbrook Press (Brookfield, CT), 1994.
  • Kirkpatrick, Patricia, compiler, Maya Angelou, Creative Education (Mankato, MN), 2003.
  • Lisandrelli, Elaine Slivinski, Maya Angelou: More than a Poet, Enslow Publishers (Berkeley Heights, NJ), 1996.
  • Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them, Volume 4: World War II to the Affluent Fifties (1940s-1950s), Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997.
  • Newsmakers 1993, Issue 4, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1993.
  • Notable Black American Women, Book 1, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1992.
  • Poetry Criticism, Volume 32, Gale (Detroit, MI), 2001.
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, five volumes, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2000.
  • St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers, second edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1999.
  • Spain, Valerie, Meet Maya Angelou, Random House (New York, NY), 1994.
  • Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Writers for Young Adults, three volumes, Scribner's (New York, NY), 1997.

PERIODICALS

  • Artforum International, December, 1993, Dan Cameron, review of Life Doesn't Frighten Me, p. 74.
  • Black American Literature Forum, summer, 1990, Mary Jane Lupton, "Singing the Black Mother: Maya Angelou and Autobiographical Continuity," pp. 257-276.
  • Black Issues Book Review, March, 2001, Maitefa Angaza, "Maya: A Precious Prism," p. 30; March-April, 2002, Elsie B. Washington, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, pp. 56-57.
  • Book, March-April, 2002, Beth Kephart, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. 72.
  • Booklist, January 1, 1994, Hazel Rochman, review of Life Doesn't Frighten Me, pp. 829-830; October 1, 1994, Hazel Rochman, review of My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, p. 329; August, 1997, Donna Seaman, review of Even the Stars Look Lonesome, p. 1842; January 1, 2002, Gillian Engberg, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. 774.
  • Christian Century, June 19, 2002, Wayne A. Holst, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, pp. 35-36.
  • Ebony, February, 1999, review of Down in the Delta, p. 96.
  • Essence, December, 1992, Marcia Ann Gillespie, interview with Angelou, pp. 48-52; August, 1998, Lisa Funderberg, interview with Angelou and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, pp. 70-76.
  • Five Owls, September, 1995, p. 2.
  • Gentlemen's Quarterly, July, 1995, Freda Garmaise, "Maya-ness Is Next to Godlinesss," p. 33.
  • Herizons, winter, 2003, Heather Marie, review of A Song Flung Up to Heaven, pp. 40-41.
  • Jet, December 21, 1998, review of Down in the Delta, p. 58.
  • Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2002, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. 25.
  • Kliatt, July, 2002, Janet Julian, review of Even the Stars Look Lonesome, p. 58.
  • Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, November 5, 1997, Fon Louise Gordon, review of Even the Stars Look Lonesome, p. 1105K5928; March 14, 2002, Leigh Dyer, "Shrugging off Criticism, Angelou Relishes Getting Her Words before So Many," p. K0392; April 3, 2002, Cassandra Spratling, "Maya Angelou, Still Rising: Turbulent Times Mark the Celebrated Author's Latest Memoir," p. K7652; April 10, 2002, Sherryl Connelly, "Maya Angelou, a Life Well Chronicled," p. K2443; April 30, 2002, Lamar Wilson, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. K4586.
  • Library Journal, October 1, 1995, p. 102; September 15, 1997, Ann Burns, review of Even the Stars Look Lonesome, p. 74; March 15, 2002, Amy Strong, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, pp. 79-80.
  • Mother Jones, May-June, 1995, Ken Kelley, interview with Angelou, pp. 22-25.
  • National Post, July 20, 2002, Marcie Good, "Inspiration for Hire: Hallmark Has Hired Poet Maya Angelou," p. SP1.
  • National Review, November 29, 1993, Richard Grenier, review of Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, p. 76.
  • New Republic, May 20, 2002, John McWhorter, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. 35.
  • New York Times, January 20, 1993, Catherine S. Manegold, "A Wordsmith at Her Inaugural Anvil," pp. C1, C8.
  • New York Times Book Review, June 16, 1974, Annie Gottlieb, review of Gather Together in My Name; December 19, 1993, Anne Whitehouse, review of Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, p. 18; June 5, 1994, p. 48.
  • Paris Review, fall, 1990, Maya Angelou, and George Plimpton, "The Art of Fiction CXIX: Maya Angelou," pp. 145-167.
  • People, January 11, 1999, review of Down in the Delta, p. 35.
  • Poetry, August, 1976, Sandra M. Gilbert, review of Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well.
  • Publishers Weekly, September 20, 1993, review of Life Doesn't Frighten Me, p. 71; September 27, 1993, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, pp. 53-54; September 12, 1994, review of My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, p. 91; August 4, 1997, review of Even the Stars Look Lonesome, pp. 54-55.
  • School Library Journal, October, 1987, Joseph Harper, review of Now Sheba Sings the Song, p. 146; May, 1995, p. 57; July, 2002, Karen Sokol, review of A Song Flung up to Heaven, p. 144.
  • Smithsonian, April, 2003, Lucinda Moore, interview with Angelou, p. 96.
  • Southern Literary Journal, fall, 1998, Marion M. Tangum, "Hurston's and Angelou's Visual Art: The Distancing Vision and the Beckoning Gaze," p. 80.
  • Variety, September 21, 1998, Joe Leydon, review of Down in the Delta, p. 110.

ONLINE

  • Official Maya Angelou Web site, http://www.mayaangelou.com (April 24, 2004).