The Poetry of Maya Angelou

    mayaangelou是美国文坛最耀眼的黑人女作家和诗人，成名作是一部名为iknowwhythecagedbirdsings的自传体小说1993年她在美国总统billclinton的就职仪式上特邀朗诵献诗onthepulseofthemorning，从而成为美国历史上继robertfrost之后的官方诗人stillirise是mayaangelou的诗歌代表作，是继martinlutherking的ihaveadream之后美国黑人争取民权的又一纪念碑式的作品mayaangelouishailedasoneofthegreatvoicesofcontemporaryliteratureandasaremarkablerenaissancewoman.beingapoet,educator,historian,best-sellingauthor,actress,playwright,civil-rightsactivist,produceranddirector,dr.angeloucontinuestotraveltheworldmakingappearances,spreadingherlegendarywisdom.amesmerizingvisionofgrace,swayingandstirringwhenshemoves,dr.angeloucaptivatesheraudienceslyricallywithvigor,fireandperception.shehastheuniqueabilitytoshattertheopaqueprismsofraceandclassbetweenreaderandsubjectthroughoutherbooksofpoetryandherautobiographies.dr.angelouhasauthoredtwelvebest-sellingbooksincludingiknowwhythecagedbirdsings,asongflunguptoheavenandeventhestarslooklonesomein1981,dr.angelouwasappointedtoalifetimepositionasthefirstreynoldsprofessorofamericanstudiesatwakeforestuniversity.injanuary1993,shebecameonlythesecondpoetinu.s.historytohavethehonorofwritingandrecitingoriginalworkatthepresidentialinauguration.