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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Andrew Bordwin (Jacket photograph) (illustrator). The format is approximately 6.625 inches by 8.25 inches. [10], 145, [5] pages. Author's inscription on the half title page reads Michael, Joy! Maya Angelou 10/97. Last five lines underlined. Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Angelou is best known for her autobiographies. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition. She was an actress, writer, director, and producer. In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Her works have been considered a defense of black culture. Her books center on themes such as racism, identity, family and travel. 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. Derived from a Kirkus review: Angelou's sixth work of autobiographical reflection again treads ballerina-like on the fine line dividing saying too much and not enough on a variety of heartfelt subjects. These compelling pieces span the full range of Angelou's concerns. In "Poetic Passage," she speaks with admiration of the "desperate traveler who teaches us the most profound lesson and affords us the most exquisite thrills. She touches us with her boldness and vulnerability, for her sole preparation is the fierce determination to leave wherever she is." No words could better describe the impact of Angelou's writing at its best. Whether she is exploring the intimacies of marriage or the passages of sensuality throughout a woman's lifetime, raging against racism and violence or celebrating the richness of Africa and its tribal art and culture, she is herself ever the "eager traveler." Angelou's senses never take a vacation from her intellect; together they take her to a wide variety of places: her home in North Carolina, a beach in Mexico, a nightclub in New York. They explore, among other things, the complementary experiences of performing in an opera while traveling in Morocco and of standing alone on a stage and singing the spirituals she first learned as a young girl. In one piece, Angelou recalls poems learned in her youth, chants that brightened the dark skies of the Depression in the rural South. "Art encourages us," she says "to stand erect and stretch upward toward the higher ground." Angelou is always rewarded by what life gives back in her travels, and in sharing with us such perceptions chanced upon in rich solitude, she startles with her frank, fresh ability to relate in precise prose whatever she learns. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.