Who is Maya Angelou

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She Infuses Your Soul With Words

She has seen sorrow, she has experienced pain, yet she inspires all to press on and enjoy the life that has been given to them.  Maya Angelou can touch people's hearts, and make them see things they have not seen.  Words are tools, and Maya Angelou a fine craftsman.

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. ~Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou - The Official Website
Maya Angelou - The Official Website

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Three quotes to make you love Maya Angelou

I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow...
~ Maya Angelou

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
~ Maya Angelou

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
~ Maya Angelou

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

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For the first time, the complete collection of Maya Angelou's published poems-including "On the Pulse of Morning"-in a permanent collectible, handsome hardcover edition.

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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
~Maya Angelou
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ABC News Classics Maya Angelou

ABC News Classics Maya Angelou

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Celebrated poet/writer/actress/performer Maya Angelou talks to ABC News about how she used her own life experiences to become an award-winning literary figure and most read black female writer in the world. Maya Angelou grew up in Stamps, Arkansas, living with her grandmother, uncle and brother in the back of their family-owned store. Angelou discusses how during a trip to St. Louis to visit her mother she was raped which led to her to become mute for several years, and how she is still haunted by the abuse.

Anchor: Greg Jackson

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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
~ Maya Angelou
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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes

by Maya Angelou

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes

Amazon Price: $9.93 (as of 05/27/2012)Buy Now

Throughout Maya Angelou's life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant - and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable.

Angelou tells us about the time she was expelled from school for being afraid to speak - and her mother baked a delicious maple cake to brighten her spirits. She gives us her recipe for short ribs along with a story about a job she had as a cook at a Creole restaurant (never mind that she didn't know how to cook and had no idea what Creole food might entail). There was the time in London when she attended a wretched dinner party full of wretched people; but all wasn't lost - she did experience her initial taste of a savory onion tart. She recounts her very first night in her new home in Sonoma, California, when she invited M. F. K. Fisher over for cassoulet, and the evening Deca Mitford roasted a chicken when she was beyond tipsy - and created Chicken Drunkard Style. And then there was the hearty brunch Angelou made for a homesick Southerner, a meal that earned her both a job offer and a prophetic compliment: "If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous."

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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
~Maya Angelou
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  • JoyfulPamela Aug 26, 2010 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    Ms. Angelou's poetry is very beautiful indeed! :)
  • CINDY Feb 24, 2010 @ 9:29 am | delete
    SHE AH GOOD WOMEN..SHE WRITE GOOD POEMS ETC ND SHE VERY PRETTY...ND SHE SO DEEP AND BEEN THROUGH ALOT IN LIFE
  • OhMe Dec 6, 2009 @ 5:08 am | delete
    Wonderful lens about Maya Angelou. Lensrolling to my lens about the book Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia by Patricia Neely Dorsey.
  • papawu Apr 5, 2009 @ 1:12 am | delete
    What an absolutely amazing woman of so many words.She is one who was truly touched by an angel.
  • Joan4 Sep 1, 2008 @ 4:16 am | delete
    Maya is wisdom and love combined. I so enjoy her work! Beautiful lens!
  • GypsyPirate Mar 24, 2008 @ 11:40 am | delete
    I have read and re-read "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", it's a favorite. I also like the audio books that Ms. Angelou narrates herself - very touching. It's great to be in The Phenomenal Women Group with you!
  • daoine Mar 13, 2008 @ 11:32 pm | delete
    Welcome to the Phenomenal Women group. I would love to read more on your lens about Maya Angelou's involvement in the civil rights movement.

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