A Song Flung Up To Heaven

Maya Angelou is a poet, writer, performer, teacher and director. She was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? as well as the celebrated poem "On the Pulse of Morning," which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner for Best Spoken Word.