They’re intimate, reflective, raw—and they remind us that Maya Angelou wasn’t just a poet of power, but a poet of presence. Whether you’re rediscovering her or reading her for the first ...

(Photo by Larry Marano/Getty Images) (ATR) Maya Angelou died Wednesday at the age of 86. The poet was a champion of human rights, particularly civil rights in the United States. She wrote for and ...

The translator who has translated into French the latest collection of poems by the late US civil rights icon Maya Angelou has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the pressure of getting it right. Santiago ...

Take a look back at the life and career of award-winning writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, born on April 4, 1928, who left her mark on the world thanks to her celebrated body of ...

"She was a phenomenal woman whose comfort in her own skin made so many of us feel seen in ours," Michelle Obama said of the late poet Michelle Obama is celebrating Maya Angelou after the late poet ...

As a new adaptation of Maya Angelou’s final memoir comes to BBC ... a Hollywood film director and a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet who speaks at Bill Clinton’s inauguration and is presented ...

Maya Angelou’s third anthology of poetry. At the time I was struggling with my identity as a very young woman and what that meant for my personhood. The poetry in this book, particularly the ...

On Tuesday, legendary writer Maya Angelou died at age 86. One of the most famous African American writers to emerge in the 20th century, Angelou was a poet, playwright, and great orator.

American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, poet, activist, singer, actress and speaker. During her long and varied career she worked as a journalist in Africa, toured the world as an ...

“The next morning, Judy Feiffer called a friend of hers at Random House and said, ‘You know the poet Maya Angelou? If you could get her to write a book...’” That book became I Know Why the ...

Turning 75 this month, Maya Angelou has led many lives. She is best known as a writer, for her numerous books of poetry and her six poignant memoirs, including the masterful 1969 I Know Why the ...