Maya Angelou Poetry Collection [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Maya Angelou (Author, Reader)

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About the Author

Maya Angelou, poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table; five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?; and the celebrated poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton.


From the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (October 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375420177
• ISBN-13: 978-0375420177
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,838,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maya Angelou Poetry Collection RH 782 Audio Books,, October 22, 2004

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Karla M. Winkler "Sauerkraut" (Fort Walton Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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The rhyme, the rhythm, the melody, by Jove, Maya, they speak to me, so strongly, I wrote 4 poems in that style. (Well, yes, I definitely tried.) I just considered it one of those college course music studies, where I used to write in the style of Bach, etc.)

Serendipidy: I found the set in the Military Library at Hurlburt( your tax dollars at work! ) and kept on listening and listening, getting more and more the shades and undertones.One must listen to poetry often, as new meanings appear that were not evident with just ones-lightly-over listening! I am buying my OWN set. And there is this ebony sister I feel a strong kinship with, who will get her own set from me, too.

I love her poems, born as most great writing and poetry is , - born out of joy and pain. (Schubert: Out of my great sorrow and pain, write I the little songs.) I love her sonorous voice. Reminds me on Odetta.

I am glad I "met" her. As I, as a white girl, adore Opra, so I just had to know why Opra admired Dr. Angelou. And I am glad I found out. (...) Karla (Katrina Kwiatkowska) (...)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, just the best., September 8, 2005

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Mrs. Ann-marie Palmer (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maya Angelou Poetry Collection (Audio CD)

Fantastic, better still by the fact of it being read by the great lady her self.

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable!, November 29, 2009

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Coreen Jacobson "cjacobson" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maya Angelou Poetry Collection (Audio CD)

Angelou is so amazing and to hear her read her own poetry is a gift in itself. Her voice is so beautiful and her poetry so moving. Everyone who loves poetry should own this CD.