List of Maya Angelou works The works of Maya Angelou encompass autobiography , plays, poetic , and television producer. She also had an active directing, acting, and speaking career. She is best known for her books, including her series of seven autobiographies, starting with the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . Angelou's autobiographies are distinct in style and narration, and "stretch over time and place", from Arkansas to Africa and back to the US. They take place from the beginnings of World War II to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr . Angelou wrote collections of essays, including Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now and Even the Stars Look Lonesome , which writer Hilton Als called her "wisdom books" and "homilies strung together with autobiographical texts". Angelou used the same editor throughout her writing career, Robert Loomis , an executive editor at Random House , until he retired in 2011. Angelou said regarding Loomis: "We have a relationship that's kind of famous among publishers." She was one of the most honored writers of her generation, earning an extended list of honors and awards , as well as more than 30 honorary degrees . She was a prolific writer of poetry; her volume Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize , and she was chosen by President Bill Clinton to recite her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" during his inauguration in 1993. Angelou's successful acting career included roles in numerous plays, films, and television programs, such as in the television mini-series Roots in 1977. Her screenplay Georgia, Georgia was the first original script by a black woman to be produced. and she was the first African-American woman to direct a major motion picture , Down in the Delta , in 1998. Since the 1990s, Angelou participated in the lecture circuit, which she continued into her eighties.Literature Unless otherwise stated, the items in this list are from Gillespie et al, pp. 186–191. Autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . New York: Random House. Gather Together in My Name . New York: Random House. Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas . New York: Random House. The Heart of a Woman . New York: Random House. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes . New York: Random House. A Song Flung Up to Heaven . New York: Random House. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou . New York: Modern Library. Mom & Me & Mom . New York: Random House. 's presidential inauguration in 1993Poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie . New York: Random House. Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well . New York: Random House. And Still I Rise . New York: Random House. Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? . New York: Random House. Poems . New York: Random House. Now Sheba Sings the Song . New York: Plume Books. I Shall Not Be Moved . New York: Bantam Books. On the Pulse of Morning . New York: Random House. The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou . New York: Random House. '. New York: Random House. A Brave and Startling Truth . New York: Random House. "From a Black Woman to a Black Man", 1995 Amazing Peace . New York: Random House. '. New York: Random House. "Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer". New York: Random House. Poetry for Young People . Berkshire, U.K.: Sterling Books. "We Had Him", 2009 "His Day is Done", 2013Personal essays Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now . New York: Random House. Even the Stars Look Lonesome . New York: Random House. Letter to My Daughter . New York: Random House.Cookbooks Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes . New York: Random House. Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart . New York: Random House. ≠←Children's books Life Doesn't Frighten Me . New York: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang. My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me . New York: Knopf Books. Kofi and His Magic . New York: Knopf Books. Maya's World series. New York: Random House:Plays Cabaret for Freedom , with Godfrey Cambridge , 1960 The Least of These , 1966 The Best of These , 1966 Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind , 1967 Sophocles, Ajax , 1974 And Still I Rise , 1976 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl , 1978Film and television Blacks, Blues, Black! , 1968 Georgia, Georgia , Sweden, 1972 All Day Long , 1974 PBS documentaries : Assignment America , 1975 Part One: The Legacy; Part Two: The Inheritors , 1976 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , 1979 Sister, Sister , 20th Century Fox Television , 1982 Brewster Place , ABC, 1990 Down in the Delta , Miramax Films, 1998 The Black Candle , Starz, 2012Plays 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 , CBS, 1995 How to Make an American Quilt , Universal Pictures, 1995 Madea's Family Reunion , Tyler Perry Studios , 2006Recordings Miss Calypso , Scamp Records, 1957 For the Love of Ivy , ABC Records, 1968 "And So It Goes", 1988 Been Found , 1996 "Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul", 2007Spoken-word albums The Poetry of Maya Angelou , GWP Records, 1969 Women in Business , 1981 On the Pulse of Morning , Random House Audio , 1993 A Song Flung Up to Heaven , Random House Audio, 2002Radio Talk show host , Oprah and Friends , XM Satellite Radio , launched 2006Works cited Gillespie, Marcia Ann, Rosa Johnson Butler, and Richard A. Long.. Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration . New York: Random House.
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