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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

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Amazing Peace

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Maya's World: Angelina of Italy

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Maya's World: Izak of Lapland

$Cover of Maya\'s World: Mikale of Hawaii$

Maya's World: Mikale of Hawaii

$Cover of Maya\'s World: Renee Marie of France$

Maya's World: Renee Marie of France

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Amazing Peace

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My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

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