Life Doesn't Frighten Me: Maya Angelou

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Poet Maya Angelou is, among other things, a novelist, playwright, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Celebrating its successful 25 years in print, this brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art features brief, updated biographies of Angelou and Basquiat, an afterword from the editor, and a fresh new look.There was just the right amount of choice to suit everyone without being overwhelming and I received comments from parents and staff about the quality of books offered compared to previous sales which have always been based around current crazes and well known celebrity authors. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

I am speechless to how much i enjoy reading this, the simple language flows perfectly only to aim and strike such a though and grand message. The reproductions invite close scrutiny, implicitly teaching the viewer a way of approaching contemporary art and reinforcing the tough beauty of the poem. It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you. As well as her autobiography she has written several volumes of poetry, including 'On the Pulse of the Morning' for the inauguration of President Clinton.Her second book, O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, created a "conversation" between Wayne Thiebaud's paintings and our unofficial American hymn written by one of our first suffragettes, Katharine Lee Bates.