On The Pulse Of Morning - Softcover

ANGELOU Maya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853816949 ISBN 13: 9781853816949

Publisher: Virago Press, 1993

Synopsis

This poem, written for Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration, takes a bold look at an old America and envisages a new one. Maya Angelou is the first poet to appear at a presidential inauguration since Robert Frost was invited by J.F. Kennedy in 1960.

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About the Author

Dr Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King - and memoirist. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration; she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world.

She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. Dr Angelou died on 28 May 2014.

Edition details

• Publisher: Virago Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853816949
• ISBN 13: 9781853816949
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32