Maya Angelou
Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director Maya Angelou 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, and five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?