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Sep 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780553379723 Buy
Jan 22, 2014 | ISBN 9780804152419 Buy
Nov 29, 2005 | 80 Minutes Buy
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Sep 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780553379723
Jan 22, 2014 | ISBN 9780804152419
Nov 29, 2005 | ISBN 9780739334720
80 Minutes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Maya Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth.”—The New York Times Book Review“Everything about Maya Angelou is transcendental. She has something to tell you now. Listen.”—Robert Fulghum, The Washington Post Book WorldI have written of the black American experience, which I know intimately. I am always talking about the human condition in general and about society in particular. What it is like to be human, and American, what makes us weep, what makes us fall and stumble and somehow rise and go on.The compelling wisdom and deeply felt perceptions of Maya Angelou have been cherished by millions of readers. Now, in a continuation of her bestseller Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now, she shares many of her most treasured personal experiences, reflecting on the ideas and inspirations that have touched her heart. Even the Stars Look Lonesome is a profound series of essays that explores aspects of life both big and small, with Maya Angelou serving as the unique, spellbinding guide to a powerful spiritual journey.
See the difference, read Maya Angelou in Large Print* About Large PrintAll Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typefaceThis wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now.Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects. She tells us how a house can both hurt its occupants and heal them. She talks about Africa. She gives us a profile of Oprah. She enlightens us about age and sexuality. She confesses to the problems fame brings and shares with us the indelible lessons she has learned about rage and violence. And she sings the praises of sensuality. Even the Stars Look Lonesome imparts the lessons of a lifetime.
Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I… More about Maya Angelou
“If you don’t know [Maya Angelou] yet, now is as good a time as any to jump in and partake of her bounteous wisdom.”—Los Angeles Times “Angelou’s voice is spellbinding, bubbling with rhythm, vivid with lessons.”—The Miami Herald “Angelou is a force of nature.” —Chicago Sun-Times “A sort of wit and wisdom of Angelou, culled from a lifetime of adversity and overcoming.”—The Denver Post
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