The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late ... She is best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and her book of poetry, "Just Give Me a Cool ...

In the song Hey Mama from his hit 2005 album Late Registration, Kanye compares his mum to a book of poetry, referencing writers Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni. And in 2010, he wrote in a blog ...

The power of poetry is such that it can make us laugh, make us cry, or take us into complete silence - in a matter of seconds. And each verse can mean something completely different from one ...

The book begins when the young Maya is sent to live with her ... Woman’s Hour caught up with Maya Angelou after she was named an Official Poet to President Clinton and the United Nations to ...

Dr Maya Angelou was chosen as an official poet by Bill Clinton and the UN ... children's author named Joan Walsh Anglund, and her 1967 book, A Cup of Sun - though she referred to the bird as ...

This is what sign language poetry, a genre rooted in the sign language tradition, looks like: a feast for the eyes.

Variations of this quote, the words of the late writer and activist Maya Angelou ... between Angelou and Oprah Winfrey in 1997. Angelou hosted a televised pajama party and book club meeting ...