Book news: Maya Angelou writes
By Dave
October 24th, 2008 | Leave a comment
Maya Angelou might be best known as a poet, but her newest work, Letter to My Daughter, combines styles and voices. Part autobiography, part how-to, Letter to My Daughter is dedicated to the many daughters in her world.
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.”
An excerpt:
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
“We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.”
For more excerpts, CLICK HERE.
For more about the book, CLICK HERE.
