Synopses & Reviews
This 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.
About the Author
Maya Angelou has written five volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and many collections of poetry, as well as
On the Pulse of Morning, the poem she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton. All of these poems have been gathered together in
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou is currently Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Also by Maya Angelou
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gather Together in My Name
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
The Heart of a Woman
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
POETRY
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
And Still I Rise
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
I Shall Not Be Moved
On the Pulse of Morning
Phenomenal Woman
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
A Brave and Startling Truth
ESSAYS
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now