Maya Angelou

A Glorious Celebration

By Marcia Ann Gillespie; Rosa Johnson Butler; Richard A. Long; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
(Doubleday, Hardcover, 9780385511087, 208pp.)

Publication Date: April 1, 2008

Other Editions of This Title: Large Print (September 2008), (April 2008), Compact Disc (April 2008), (April 2008), (April 2008), (April 2008)

Categories: Cultural Heritage, Literary

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Beautifully designed and featuring over 150 sepia portraits, family photographs, and letters from the life of one of the world’s most beloved and admired artists, this moving biography will appeal to all fans of the poet laureate, phenomenal bestselling author, and scribe for the people, Dr. Maya Angelou.

Maya Angelou’s memoirs, essay and poetry collections, and cookbooks have sold millions of copies. Now, MAYA ANGELOU: A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION offers an unusual and irresistible look at her life and her myriad interests and accomplishments. Created by the people who know her best—her longtime friends Marcia Ann Gillespie and Richard Long, and her niece Rosa Johnson Butler—it is part tribute, part scrapbook, capturing Angelou at home, at work, and in the public eye. Readers who have come to know and love Maya Angelou will be surprised and delighted by this personal, illustrated portrait of the renowned poet, author, playwright, and humanitarian.

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