Bøger af Maya Angelou

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou's classic memoirs have had an enduring impact on American literature and culture. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters.This Modern Library edition contains I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, and A Song Flung Up to Heaven. When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to widespread acclaim in 1969, Maya Angelou garnered the attention of an international audience with the triumphs and tragedies of her childhood in the American South. This soul-baring memoir launched a six-book epic spanning the sweep of the author's incredible life. Now, for the first time, all six celebrated and bestselling autobiographies are available in this handsome one-volume edition. Dedicated fans and newcomers alike can follow the continually absorbing chronicle of Angelou's life: her formative childhood in Stamps, Arkansas; the birth of her son, Guy, at the end of World War II; her adventures traveling abroad with the famed cast of Porgy and Bess; her experience living in a black expatriate "colony" in Ghana; her intense involvement with the civil rights movement, including her association with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X; and, finally, the beginning of her writing career. The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou traces the best and worst of the American experience in an achingly personal way. Angelou has chronicled her remarkable journey and inspired people of every generation and nationality to embrace life with commitment and passion.

Life Doesn't Frighten Me (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition), is a captivating book authored by the renowned Maya Angelou. This masterpiece, belonging to the genre of poetry, was published in the year 2018, marking its twenty-fifth anniversary. The book is an incredible testament to the resilience and strength of the human spirit, encapsulated in Angelou's powerful words. The book, published by Abrams, is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and courage in the face of life's challenges. This English edition further enhances the reach of Angelou's poignant and timeless messages. Dive into this extraordinary piece of literature and let it awaken the fearless spirit within you.

"Thoroughly enjoyable . . . an important document drawing more much-needed attention to the hidden history of a people both African and American."--Los Angeles Times Book Review. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood . . . have I found myself so moved . . . Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death".--James Baldwin.

Perfect for Mother's Day, or for any day on which we wish to acknowledge this all-important bond, Mother is an awe-inspiring affirmation of the enduring love that exists in every corner of the globe. With her signature eloquence and heartfelt appreciation, renowned poet and national treasure Maya Angelou celebrates the first woman we ever knew: Mother. "You were always the heart of happiness to me," she acknowledges in this loving tribute, "Bringing nougats of glee / Sweets of open laughter." From the beginnings of this profound relationship through teenage rebellion and, finally, to adulthood, where we stand to inherit timeless maternal wisdom, Angelou praises the patience, knowledge, and compassion of this remarkable parent.

In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of "Revolutionist Returnees" inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent, where color no longer matters but where American-ness keeps asserting itself in ways both puzzling and heartbreaking. As it builds on the personal narrative of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Together in My Name, this book confirms Maya Angelou's stature as one of the most gifted autobiographers of our time.

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper," Maya Angelou wrote in her groundbreaking memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Indeed, Angelou's words have traveled the world and transformed lives-inspiring, strengthening, healing. Through a long and prolific career in letters, she became one of the most celebrated voices of our time. Now, in this collection of sage advice, humorous quips, and pointed observations culled from the author's great works, including The Heart of a Woman, On the Pulse of Morning, Gather Together in My Name, and Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou's spirit endures. Rainbow in the Cloud offers resonant and rewarding quotes on such topics as creativity and culture, family and community, equality and race, values and spirituality, parenting and relationships. Perhaps most special, Maya Angelou's only son, Guy Johnson, has contributed some of his mother's most powerful sayings, shared directly with him and the members of their family. A treasured keepsake as well as a beautiful tribute to a woman who touched so many, Rainbow in the Cloud reminds us that "If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within."

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author's relationship with her own mother.Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick!The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence-a presence absent during much of Angelou's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. The subsequent feelings of abandonment stayed with Angelou for years, but their reunion, a decade later, began a story that has never before been told. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou dramatizes her years reconciling with the mother she preferred to simply call "Lady," revealing the profound moments that shifted the balance of love and respect between them. Delving into one of her life's most rich, rewarding, and fraught relationships, Mom & Me & Mom explores the healing and love that evolved between the two women over the course of their lives, the love that fostered Maya Angelou's rise from immeasurable depths to reach impossible heights.Praise for Mom & Me & Mom"Mom & Me & Mom is delivered with Angelou's trademark good humor and fierce optimism. If any resentments linger between these lines, if lives are partially revealed without all the bitter details exposed, well, that is part of Angelou's forgiving design. As an account of reconciliation, this little book is just revealing enough, and pretty irresistible."-The Washington Post "Moving . . . a remarkable portrait of two courageous souls."-People"[The] latest, and most potent, of her serial autobiographies . . . [a] tough-minded, tenderhearted addition to Angelou's spectacular canon."-Elle "Mesmerizing . . . Angelou has a way with words that can still dazzle us, and with her mother as a subject, Angelou has a near-perfect muse and mystery woman."-Essence

Six BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative, extraordinary memoirs, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are among the most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography ever written.

The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelou's words live on in this complete collection of poetry.Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life. Every poetic phrase, every poignant verse can be found within the pages of this sure-to-be-treasured volumefrom her reflections on African American life and hardship in the compilation Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (';Though there's one thing that I cry for / I believe enough to die for / That is every man's responsibility to man') to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in the poem ';Still I Rise' (';Out of the huts of history's shame / I rise / Up from a past that's rooted in pain / I rise') to her ';On the Pulse of Morning' tribute at President William Jefferson Clinton's inauguration (';Lift up your eyes upon / The day breaking for you. / Give birth again / To the dream.'). Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry also features her final long-form poems, including ';A Brave and Startling Truth,' ';Amazing Peace,' ';His Day Is Done,' and the honest and endearing Mother: ';I feared if I let you go You would leave me eternally. You smiled at my fears, saying I could not stay in your lap forever' This collection also includes the never-before-published poem';Amazement Awaits,' commissioned for the 2008 Olympic Games: ';We are here at the portal of the world we had wished for At the lintel of the world we most need. We are here roaring and singing. We prove that we can not only make peace, we can bring it with us.' Timeless and prescient, this definitive compendium will warm the hearts of Maya Angelou's most ardent admirers as it introduces new readers to the legendary poet, activist, and teachera phenomenal woman for the ages.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local ';powhitetrash.' At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageand has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (';I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare') will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. ';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.'James Baldwin

Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time.

Maya Angelous gribende erindringsbog om at vokse op som sort pige i 1930'ernes amerikanske sydstater i et stærkt raceopdelt miljø, hvor de sorte udsættes for had og ydmygelser. Om en barndom med skiftende hjem og med forældre uden kræfter til at være forældre. Om at gå gennem uretfærdigheder og overgreb, men alligevel rejse sig og finde styrke til at gøre sig fri af sin sociale arv. Bogen lå på bestsellerlisterne i to år efter udgivelsen i 1969 og er stadig en elsket klassiker over hele verden. Den usminkede skildring vakte stor forargelse i visse kredse og er en af de bøger, der hyppigst er ønsket fjernet fra bibliotekshylderne. Den er ikke tidligere udgivet på dansk. Pressen skriver: »Det føles underligt nutidigt at læse Maya Angelous selvbiografiske klassiker fra 1969. At udgive den på dansk her 50 år efter er en uhyggeligt oplagt idé.« ***** – Politiken »Borgerrettighedsikonet Maya Angelous 50 år gamle selvbiografi introduceres på dansk. Med god grund … værket er uomgængeligt - et vidnesbyrd om en tid, der som ringe i vandet strækker sig helt ind i dagens Amerika, en ihukommelse om aldrig at acceptere undertrykkelse, ligegyldigt hvilken form den antager.« – Weekendavisen »Jeg ved hvorfor fuglen synger i sit bur har i dag opnået klassikerstatus, og dens litterære kvaliteter er for længst slået fast… helt særlig er (den) - også på dansk i Nanna Gyldenkærnes oversættelse.« – Information »En helt vidunderlig bog, der kombinerer barnelivets magi med den voksnes alvor i et amerikansk samfund, der bogstaveligt talt var sort-hvidt.« – Elle »Jeg ved hvorfor fuglen synger i sit bur er ganske vist skrevet for 50 år siden, men den er stadig vigtig også i 2019. Bogen giver et godt og præcist et billede af tiden, og hvordan racisme og fordomme prægede dagligdagen… « – Litteratursiden »Der er ingen tvivl om Mayas evner som fortæller. Du bliver suget ind i historien af hendes talent for at beskrive hendes omgivelser. Hun indfanger alt, fra gruset på gulvet, til varmen fra huden, til duften af de syltede agurker i den store tønde. Du kan mærke hendes indre kampe. Selvhadet, vreden og uretfærdigheden får på det nærmeste bogstaverne til at dirrer på siderne i bogen.« – thisfictionallife.dk