Maya Angelou's Books
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Li'l Dan, the Drummer BoyLi'l Dan, a slave on a Southern plantation, loves to play his drum. When a company of Union soldiers announce that the slaves have been set free, Dan...Read More
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Marshall Independent, April 20, 2013
...that it was "pretty exciting to be on a list that frequently features Mark Twain, Harper Lee and Maya Angelou. But I worry that some parents might see this list and discourage their kids from reading 'Captain Underpants,' even though they have not had a...
Christian Century, April 18, 2013
...voices. Examples I have drawn upon repeatedly are Martin Luther King Jr., Oscar Romero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Julia Esquivel, Maya Angelou and Elie Wiesel. I also use some of the Hasidic tales collected by Martin Buber...
On Milwaukee, April 18, 2013
...a challenge. "You won't find it on the shelves in Barnes & Noble, squeezed in and around Maya Angelou, Billy Collins and Mary Oliver," says August. "Some indie bookstores like Boswell Books on Downer, have a very nice poetry section. Woodland Pattern...
Advertiser Democrat, April 18, 2013
...library at 743-6994, or e-mail paris.public.library@MSLN.net. Home delivery is available. Eben Alexander, “Proof of Heaven;” Maya Angelou, “Mom and Me and Mom;” Edward Ball, “The Inventor and the Tycoon: a Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of...
NewBritainHerald.com, April 17, 2013
...adding, “It’s pretty exciting to be on a list that frequently features Mark Twain, Harper Lee and Maya Angelou. But I worry that some parents might see this list and discourage their kids from reading ‘Captain Underpants,’ even though they have...
Florida Times-Union, April 16, 2013
...will be joined by renowned soprano Angela Brown, for whom composer Danielpour set to music seven poems by Maya Angelou. The work deals with the African-American experience, tracing the arc of a woman’s life, from childhood to old age. While the...
AllVoices, April 16, 2013
...there are so many! I loved Norman Maclean. Love Cormac McCarthy and Richard Ford and John Nichols and Maya Angelou and Alice Walker and Pat Conroy and I could go on and on and on! By: Susan Mary Malone Total Views: 27Categories: Author Interviews -...
Register-Guard, January 19, 2013
...he knew by heart. Frost was the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration. The second was Maya Angelou, who more than three decades later read at Bill Clinton’s first inauguration. Four years later, Clinton asked Miller Williams, a fellow...
Charleston Gazette, January 19, 2013
...W. Bush. In 1993, however, Bill Clinton revived the idea and asked the 64-year-old multi-talented memoirist and poet Maya Angelou to present a poem for his inauguration in 1993. The result was a much longer (109 lines to Frost's 16) and self-conscious...
Beaver County Times, January 19, 2013
...and told the nation that "to renew America, we must be bold." His inaugural ceremony featured poet Maya Angelou, who also grew up in Arkansas. She read a poem that celebrated America's diversity, one she had written for the occasion _ "On the Pulse of...
Federal Way Mirror, January 19, 2013
...African American inventors, entrepreneurs, athletes and leaders — from peanut butter inventor George Washington Carver to renowned author Maya Angelou. The celebration also highlighted several TJHS student service projects, such as the We Scare Hunger...
Sify, January 19, 2013
...and told the nation that "to renew America, we must be bold." His inaugural ceremony featured poet Maya Angelou, who also grew up in Arkansas. She read a poem that celebrated America's diversity, one she had written for the occasion ? "On the Pulse of...
Fresno Bee, January 19, 2013
...and told the nation that "to renew America, we must be bold." His inaugural ceremony featured poet Maya Angelou, who also grew up in Arkansas. She read a poem that celebrated America's diversity, one she had written for the occasion - "On the Pulse of...
Kansas City Star, January 19, 2013
...and told the nation that "to renew America, we must be bold." His inaugural ceremony featured poet Maya Angelou, who also grew up in Arkansas. She read a poem that celebrated America's diversity, one she had written for the occasion - "On the Pulse of...
