


Press Reviews
James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity
President Barack Obama
A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman
President 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