List of Maya Angelou works

This is a list of autobiographies, plays, poetry, and teleplays by American poet Maya Angelou.

Autobiographies

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

Maya Angelou

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-50789-2
• Gather Together in My Name (1974). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-48692-5
• Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-45777-0
• The Heart of a Woman (1981). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-8129-8032-5
• All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-73404-8
• A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-50747-2
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (2004). New York: Modern Library. ISBN 978-0-679-64325-8
• Mom & Me & Mom (2013). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6611-7

Poetry

Angelou reciting "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration in 1993

Angelou with Tom Feelings, who illustrated Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987).

• Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-47142-6
• Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-45707-7
• And Still I Rise (1978). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-50252-6
• Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-52144-2
• Poems (1986). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-553-25576-8
• Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987). New York: Plume Books. ISBN 978-0-452-27143-2
• I Shall Not Be Moved (1990). New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-35458-4
• On the Pulse of Morning (1993). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-74838-0
• The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-42895-4
• Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (1995). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-43924-0
• A Brave and Startling Truth (1995). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-44904-1
• "From a Black Woman to a Black Man", 1995
• Amazing Peace (2005). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6558-5
• Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me (2006). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6601-8
• "Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer" (2006). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-77792-8
• Poetry for Young People (2007). Berkshire, U.K.: Sterling Books. ISBN 978-1-4027-2023-9
• "We Had Him", 2009
• "His Day is Done", 2013

Personal essays

• Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-553-56907-0
• Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-50031-2
• Letter to My Daughter (2008). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6612-4

Cookbooks

• Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes (2004). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6289-8
• Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart (2010). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6844-9≠←

Children's books

• Life Doesn't Frighten Me (1993). New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 978-1-55670-288-4
• My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994). New York: Knopf Books. ISBN 978-0-517-59667-8. With photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke.
• Kofi and His Magic (1996). New York: Knopf Books. ISBN 978-0-517-59667-8. With photographs by Courtney-Clarke.
• Maya's World series (2004). New York: Random House:
  • Izak of Lapland, ISBN 978-0-375-92833-8
  • Angelina of Italy, ISBN 978-0-375-82832-4
  • Renée Marie of France ISBN 978-0-375-82834-8
  • Mikale of Hawaii ISBN 978-0-375-92835-2

Plays

• Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue), with Godfrey Cambridge, 1960
• The Least of These, 1966
• The Best of These (drama), 1966
• Gettin' up Stayed on My Mind, 1967
• Sophocles, Ajax (adaptation), 1974
• And Still I Rise (writer/director), 1976
• Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (director), 1978

Film and television

• Blacks, Blues, Black! (writer, producer and host – ten one-hour programs, National Education Television), 1968
• Georgia, Georgia (writer for script and musical score), Sweden, 1972
• All Day Long (writer/director), 1974
• PBS documentaries (1975):
  • Who Cares About Kids & Kindred Spirits (KERA-TV, Dallas, Texas)
  • Maya Angelou: Rainbow in the Clouds (WTVS-TV, Detroit, Michigan)
  • To the Contrary (Maryland Public Television)
  • Tapestry and Circles
• Assignment America (six one-half hour programs), 1975
• Part One: The Legacy; Part Two: The Inheritors (writer and host), 1976
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (writer for script and musical score), 1979
• Sister, Sister (writer), 20th Century Fox Television, 1982
• Brewster Place (writer), ABC, 1990
• Down in the Delta (director), Miramax Films, 1998
• The Black Candle (poetry, narration), Starz, 2012

Plays and films acted in (partial list)

• Porgy and Bess, 1954–1955
• Calypso, 1957
• The Blacks, 1960
• Mother Courage, 1964
• Look Away, 1973
• Roots, ABC, 1977
• Runaway, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 1993
• Poetic Justice, 1993
• Touched by an Angel ("Reunion"), CBS, 1995
• How to Make an American Quilt, Universal Pictures, 1995
• Madea's Family Reunion, Tyler Perry Studios, 2006

Recordings

• Miss Calypso, Scamp Records, 1957
• For the Love of Ivy, ABC Records, 1968
• "And So It Goes" (co-written with Roberta Flack for Flack's album Oasis), 1988
• Been Found (collaborated on 7 tracks with Ashford & Simpson), 1996
• "Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul" (with Wynton Marsalis), 2007

Spoken-word albums

• The Poetry of Maya Angelou, GWP Records, 1969
• Women in Business, 1981
• On the Pulse of Morning, Random House Audio, 1993
• A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Random House Audio, 2002

Radio

• Talk show host, Oprah and Friends, XM Satellite Radio, launched 2006