Angelou understood that poetry could offer not just commentary, but clarity, and “In a Time” embodies that gift. “Our Grandmothers” is Maya Angelou’s offering to ancestral memory.

Maya Angelou’s mother knew wise people when they ... storytelling and recited poetry of her own as well as from other poets, including Edna St. Vincent Millay. “I shall die,” Angelou ...

Between her writings and her speech, Angelou was, and, I can only imagine, will continue to be, one of the most frequently quoted public figures of our time. Her quotes and poems can be applied to ...

Maya Angelou would have been 90 today (Picture ... The legendary American, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, is best known for her poetry, but also wrote, an incredible, seven autobiographies ...

And added, "Maya Angelou - who was utterly amazing ... And what's wrong, she asked, "with wanting to put poetry in people's hands, even if they're not going to buy a book?" ...

Maya Angelou was indeed a phenomenal woman -- creating bodies of art with dancing, singing, poetry and, yes, hip-hop. The late author was a fan of music and before she passed away earlier this ...

A black woman born poor wrote and recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history ... days citing an unspecified illness. Maya Angelou Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic ...

Many people will remember Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at the age ... chided the man with a rebuke — and an impromptu poem. "You will not whistle at black women," she said.

Rivera explains: “When you read the poems on the page, they can be interpreted rhythmically by the reader, [and] when Dr. Angelou reads ... To hear Mother Maya speak her nuggets of truth ...

The world is mourning the loss of poet and educator Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86. To get some perspective, we spoke with Don Share, the editor of Poetry Magazine, about Angelou's ...

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical ...

Maya Angelou, a child of the Jim Crow South who ... directed for film and television and wrote more than 30 books, including poetry, essays and, responding to the public's appetite for her life ...