Even before the 9-foot-tall bronze monument to author Maya Angelou was lifted ... showcases the title of one of Angelou’s most famous poems, “Still I Rise” — a particularly relevant ...

Discover the incomparable Maya Angelou with this unforgettable ... Her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is still an essential volume. As friends from Dr. Angelou’s inner circle ...

“You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I'll rise." Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem was a ...

Poets.org: Welcome to the Guest Editor Q&A, hosted by the Academy of American Poets. I’m Mary Sutton, senior content editor at the Academy, and I’m here today with the Guest Editor for November, Laura ...

She then ended the speech by reciting an extract from Still I Rise, crediting it to “my favourite poet, Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US ...

In her six-minute performance, Gorman alluded to the works of great American writers and speakers including Barack Obama, fellow inaugural poet Maya ... the Angelou poem Still I Rise, about ...

Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...

The postcards found so far feature poems from feminist heroes such ... hours on the phone to IT - and then finding Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise on the train seat next to you: Leaving poetry ...

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Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season. “The Wild Swans at Coole” by ...

A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most ...