Dr. Maya Angelou
Poet of grace and woman of many talents
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
New York, NY –
Maya Angelou, the Grammy-nominated author, actor, teacher and activist, enjoys a lifetime position as the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University. She is only the second poet, after Robert Frost, to be invited to read poetry at a Presidential inauguration; Frost recited at JFK's, Angelou at Clinton's. Angelou's niece,Rosa Johnson Butler, has compiled a new book Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration(Doubleday)about the poet's many accomplishments,released in March of this year with a forward by Oprah Winfrey.
Angelou reading at the inauguration
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