Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table; five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Donβt You Sing?; and the celebrated poems βOn the Pulse of Morning,β which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton, and βAmazing Peace,β which she read at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., in December 2005.
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