I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome
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All Books by:
Essays: Lessons in Living (1993), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997), Hallelujah! The Welcome Table (2004), Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me (2006), Letter to My Daughter (2008)
Autobiography: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (2002), Gather Together in My Name (2009), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry like Christmas (2009), The Heart of a Woman (2009), All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (2004), Mom & Me & Mom (2013)
Poetry: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), And Still I Rise (2001), Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983), Poems (four volumes, 1986), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), I Shall Not Be Moved (1990), On the Pulse of Morning (1993), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994), A Brave and Startling Truth (1995), Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (1995), Amazing Peace: A Celebration (2005), Love's Exquisite Freedom (2011)
Plays: (With Godfrey Cambridge) Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue, 1960), The Least of These (two-act drama, 1966), (Adapter) Sophocles, Ajax (two-act drama, 1974), (And director) And Still I Rise (one-act musical, 1976), (Author of lyrics, with Alistair Beaton) King (book by Lonne Elder III, music by Richard Blackford, 1990)
Scripts: Georgia, Georgia (screenplay, 1972), (And director) All Day Long (screenplay, 1974), (Writer of script and musical score) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979), Sister, Sister (television drama, 1982), (Writer of poetry) Poetic Justice (motion picture, 1993)
Recordings: Miss Calypso (1957), The Poetry of Maya Angelou (1969), An Evening with Maya Angelou (1975), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (audio cassette with filmstrip and teacher's guide, 1978, abridged version 1986), Women in Business (1981), Making Magic in the World (1988), On the Pulse of Morning (1993), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Phenomenal Woman (1995), Been Found (1996)
This research guide was created by Emma Cowan, English Department Intern, Gumberg Library, March 2025.
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