
Press Reviews
John Oliver Killens
This is the story of a great heroine who knows the meaning of a struggle and never loses her pride or dignity. Indeed, her story makes me proud of the human race
- New York Times Book Review
Engrossing and vital, rich and funny and wise . . . Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth
- Kirkus Reviews
Angelou's stature as a writer, a woman, a black, grows, walks tall
Barack Obama
A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman
Bill Clinton
The poems and stories she wrote . . . were gifts of wisdom and wit, courage and grace
Oprah Winfrey
She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds
Toni Morrison
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