Maya Angelou

A collection of short essays includes personal reminiscences, hard-won wisdom, and inspirational ideas.

Letter to My Daughter

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"For a too brief moment in the universe the veil was lifted. The mysterious became known. Questions met answers somewhere behind the stars. Furrowed brows were smoothed and eyelids closed over long unblinking stares."

above is one passage i took when maya talked about condolences. you know what im trying to say! the writing styleee it's soooo prettyy ≥﹏≤ (but not in an overstyling way *yk* it's just. enough. pretty. for me. ≥3≤)

this book warmed me in sooo many aspects, really. i never intended to read nonfiction books about any culture (just bcs i found it too serious and it's not entertaining me *me being antisocial*) but! oh godness.. i do really think otherwise after reading this book. there are few poetry inserted in this book and believe me when i said i got my eyes teary reading those masterpieces. my favs were The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Alfred A. Knopf &Vintage Press and The Negro Caravan by Citadel Press. they are just so.. beautiful and heartbreaking..

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to my Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: it's part guidebook, part memoir, part poetry - and pure delight. Here in short essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons about compassion and fortitude. Whether she is recalling lost friends, extolling honesty or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice, Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women. Like the rest of her remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter entertains and teaches. It is a book to cherish, savour, reread and share.

Beatriz Aguiar

had cool quotes 
i didnt vibe with it tho sry

Skye Sherman

A lovely little book of wisdom and a short, easy read. Angelou had such wonderful insight to share with the world and I’m glad she did so in this unique manner (a letter to the daughter she didn’t have but felt she could teach/encourage with wisdom gleaned from her life experiences). Even better that this little book was a gift from my mom :)

Safiya 

All I knew about Maya Angelou was through Oprah when I was some 14 years old. At that age, one can't confidently say that one knew her and could understand what she was preaching. I just liked her energy. 
Only now and after all these years, I gave way under the temptation to read my first Maya Angelou book ever. Having chosen to listen to it as an audiobook is one of the best choices I have made this year (related to books) as she is herself the narrator. I appreciated the poetry and could feel the love she conveyed through her book.
It was truly a charming audiobook. Words flew from her effortlessly.
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Mahasin S Ameen

This is a book that is good for daughters without mothers, it offers advice, anecdotes and emotional support, healing without judgement.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a “lifelong endeavor,” or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice–Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family. Like the rest of her remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter entertains and teaches; it is a book to cherish, savor, re-read, and share. “I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish speaking, Native Americans and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you.”—from Letter to My Daughter