Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

Zusatztext She was important in so many ways. She launched African American women writing in the United States. She was generous to a fault. She had nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no duplicate Informationen zum Autor Maya Angelou Klappentext A reissue of the third title in the bestselling autobiography series. In this volume, music and her son are the focus of her life and she is on the edge of a new world with marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of "Porgy & Bess". Zusammenfassung * The third title in Maya Angelou's bestselling five-volume autobiography is reissued with a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book

Vorwort

• The third title in Maya Angelou's bestselling five-volume autobiography is reissued with a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book

Autorentext

Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, memoirist, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world. She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. She died in 2014.

Klappentext

A reissue of the third title in the bestselling autobiography series. In this volume, music and her son are the focus of her life and she is on the edge of a new world with marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of "Porgy & Bess".