Maya Angelou

En el primer volumen de su autobiografía, Maya Angelou nos habla de su dura infancia y de los trances por los que tuvo que pasar hasta convertirse en una mujer independiente. Criada en un pequeño pueblo de Arkansas por su abuela, Angelou aprendio mucho de esta mujer excepcional y de una comunidad negra extraordinariamente cohesionada. Unas lecciones de vida que le ayudarian a sobrellevar las dificultades que tendria que soportar en los años venideros, en San Luis y en California. Angelou tiene un don extraordinario para contar. Su libro, que es a la vez alegre y triste, misterioso y memorable, como la niñez, nos habla de los anhelos y miedos infantiles, del amor y del odio y de como las palabras pueden hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelou's words live on in this complete collection of poetry, a perfect graduation gift for anyone seeking strength or inspiration.Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life.Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volume—from her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie ("Though there's one thing that I cry for / I believe enough to die for / That is every man's responsibility to man") to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in the poem "Still I Rise" ("Out of the huts of history's shame / I rise / Up from a past that's rooted in pain / I rise") to her "On the Pulse of Morning" tribute at President William Jefferson Clinton's inauguration ("Lift up your eyes upon / The day breaking for you. / Give birth again / To the dream.").Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry also features her final long-form poems, including "A Brave and Startling Truth," "Amazing Peace," "His Day Is Done," and the honest and endearing Mother:"I feared if I let you goYou would leave me eternally.You smiled at my fears, sayingI could not stay in your lap forever"This collection also includes the never-before-published poem "Amazement Awaits," commissioned for the 2008 Olympic Games:"We are here at the portal of the world we had wished forAt the lintel of the world we most need.We are here roaring and singing.We prove that we can not only make peace, we can bring it with us."Timeless and prescient, this definitive compendium will warm the hearts of Maya Angelou's most ardent admirers as it introduces new readers to the legendary poet, activist, and teacher—a phenomenal woman for the ages.

'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to one of our most cherished literary treasures. Anyone who's read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result. While Angelou's six autobiographies tell of her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, Mom & Me & Mom shares the intimate, emotional story about her own family.

Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Today Maya Angelou is one of the world's most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope. This is Maya's true story.

When this volume of her autobiography opens, Angelou is returning home from Africa to work alongside Malcolm X. However, she shortly thereafter learns of his assassination and begins her dark journey through the violent terrain of the civil rights movement.

One of a series of simplified educational editions for learners of English as a foreign language. This is the audio pack version of the written text.

Vous entendrez la femme royale, la fille de la rue espiègle ; vous entendrez le prix de la survie de la femme noire et vous entendrez sa générosité. " James Baldwin Longtemps, Maya Angelou a été méc

En este segundo volumen de su extraordinaria serie de libros autobiográfico, la autora evoca con gran honestidad los sueños, las derrotas, las ambiciones y los sentimientos de una muchacha negra en Estados Unidos, al termino de la segunda guerra mundial, o sea de la joven que un dia fue.

RACISMO. ABUSO. LIBERTAÇÃO. A vida de Marguerite Ann Johnson foi marcada por essas três palavras. A garota negra, criada no sul por sua avó paterna, carregou consigo um enorme fardo que foi aliviado

Por meio de sua ilustre carreira na literatura, Maya Angelou presenteou, curou e inspirou o mundo com suas palavras. Em sua comovente e poética escrita, a beleza e o espírito de sua voz vivem nesta obra que reflete e honra a historia notavel da escritora de suas reflexes sobre a vida afro-americana a celebraço revolucionaria da condiço da mulher negra. Atemporais, os versos de Maya passam por geraçes e mostram por quais motivos a poeta legendaria, ativista e professora e considerada uma mulher fenomenal.

Junto a Toni Morrison, Maya Angelous la más importante figura actual de la literatura afronorteamericana, y actualmente best-seller en Estados Unidos. En este primer volumen de su extraordinaria serie de libros autobiograficos -en el que narra la historia de una niña negra, desde los tres hasta los dieciseis años- muestra con soberbia maestria y lirismo toda la crudeza de la vida de una descendiente de esclavos

A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the iconic, beloved and deeply moving first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography.The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's like to be a human being. This is how we are, what makes us laugh, and this is how we fall and how we somehow, amazingly, stand up again' Maya AngelouIn this first volume of her seven books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination, violence and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration.'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity' JAMES BALDWIN