List of Maya Angelou works
This is a list of autobiographies , plays , poetry , and teleplays by American poet Maya Angelou .
Autobiographies
All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
Poetry
Angelou reciting "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton 's presidential inauguration in 1993
Angelou with Tom Feelings , who illustrated Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987).
Personal essays
Cookbooks
Children's books
Plays
Film and television
Blacks, Blues, Black! (writer, producer and host – ten one-hour programs, National Education Television), 1968
Georgia, Georgia (writer for script and musical score), Sweden, 1972
All Day Long (writer/director), 1974
PBS documentaries (1975):
Who Cares About Kids & Kindred Spirits (KERA-TV, Dallas, Texas)
Maya Angelou: Rainbow in the Clouds (WTVS-TV, Detroit, Michigan)
To the Contrary (Maryland Public Television)
Tapestry and Circles
Assignment America (six one-half hour programs), 1975
Part One: The Legacy; Part Two: The Inheritors (writer and host), 1976
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (writer for script and musical score), 1979
Sister, Sister (writer), 20th Century Fox Television, 1982
Brewster Place (writer), ABC, 1990
Down in the Delta (director), Miramax Films, 1998
The Black Candle (poetry, narration), Starz, 2012
Plays and films acted in (partial list)
Porgy and Bess , 1954–1955
Calypso , 1957
The Blacks , 1960
Mother Courage , 1964
Look Away , 1973
Roots , ABC, 1977
Runaway , Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 1993
Poetic Justice , 1993
Touched by an Angel ("Reunion"), CBS, 1995
How to Make an American Quilt , Universal Pictures, 1995
Madea's Family Reunion , Tyler Perry Studios, 2006
Recordings
Spoken-word albums
The Poetry of Maya Angelou , GWP Records, 1969
Women in Business , 1981
On the Pulse of Morning , Random House Audio, 1993[ 15]
A Song Flung Up to Heaven , Random House Audio, 2002[ 15]
Radio
References
↑ McPherson, Dolly A. (1990). Order Out of Chaos: The Autobiographical Works of Maya Angelou . New York: Peter Lang Publishing. pp. 10 –11. ISBN 978-0-8204-1139-2 .
↑ Maya Angelou (2010). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-47772-9 . Retrieved 17 May 2014 .
↑ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (illustrated ed.). Random House Publishing Group. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-307-43205-6 . Retrieved 17 May 2014 .
↑ Moyer, Homer E. (2003). The R.A.T. Real-World Aptitude Test: Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home . Sterling, Virginia: Capital Books. p. 297 . ISBN 978-1-931868-42-6 .
↑ Brown, Avonie (1997-01-04). "Maya Angelou: The Phenomenal Woman Rises Again". New York Amsterdam News . Vol. 88, no. 1. p. 2.
↑ A poem from this collection, "My Life Has Turned to Blue", was made into the title track of Nancy Wilson 's album, Turned to Blue , in 2006.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Waldron, Clarence (2006-12-25). "Maya Angelou: On Christmas, Dave Chappelle and What Inspires Her" . Jet . No. 110. p. 29. Retrieved 2011-10-04 .
↑ Angelou, Maya. "On the Pulse of Morning" . Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 2007-05-28 .
↑ Long, Richard (November 2005). "Maya Angelou". Smithsonian . Vol. 36, no. 8. p. 84.
↑ Vena, Jocelyn (2009-07-07). "Maya Angelou's Poem about Michael Jackson: 'We Had Him' " . MTV. Archived from the original on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2009-07-11 .
↑ "Maya Angelou's Elegy For Michael Jackson" . HuffPost . 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2023-06-21 .
↑ Eby, Margaret (12 December 2013). "Maya Angelou pens poem for Nelson Mandela: 'His Day is Done'". New York Daily News. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ Wolf, Matt (12 March 2014). "The National Theatre's Global Flair" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2 September 2014 .
↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Letkemann, Jessica (28 May 2014). "Maya Angelou's Life in Music: Ashford & Simpson Collab, Calypso Album & More" . Billboard . Retrieved 16 November 2014 .
↑ 15.0 15.1 Maughan, Shannon (2003-03-03). "Grammy Gold" . Publishers Weekly . Vol. 250, no. 9. p. 38.
↑ Waggoner, Martha (2006-09-13). "Maya Angelou to Host Show on XM Radio" . Fox News. Retrieved 2007-09-28 .