Amazing Peace

Maya Angelou, poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her...more

Maya Angelou, poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table; five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don&#8217;t You Sing?; and the celebrated poem &#8220;On the Pulse of Morning,&#8221; which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>   less