how many poems and books did maya angelou write?

Question

Just a rough estimate please

Answer 1

She has 12 best selling books and at least 39 different publications, which include books of poetry, autobiographies, personal essays, children's books, screenplays and plays that she penned.

Answer 2

Maya Angelou Works

Answer 3

Maya Angelou wrote 51 different book

Answer 4

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Random House, 1970.
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, Random House, 1971.
Gather Together in My Name, Random House, 1974.
O Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well, Random House, 1975.
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Random House, 1976.
And Still I Rise New York, Random House, 1978.
The Heart of a Woman, Random House, 1981 Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? Random House, 1983.
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Random House, 1986.
Now Sheba Sings the Song, Dutton/Dial, 1987.
I Shall Not Be Moved, Random House, 1990 Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, Random House, 1993.
Kofi and His Magic, Crown Publishing Group, 1996.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome (essays), Random House, 1997.
Plays .
(With Godfrey Cambridge) Cabaret for Freedom (musical revue), produced at Village Gate, New York City, 1960.
The Least of These, produced in Los Angeles, 1966.
Ajax (adaptation of Sophocles's Ajax), produced at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974.
And Still I Rise, produced in Oakland, Calif., 1976.
King, 1997.
Film and television scripts .
Blacks, Blues, Black (ten television programs), National Educational Television, 1968.
Georgia, Georgia (film), Cinerama, 1972.
All Day Long, American Film Institute, 1974.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (film), 1979.
Sister, Sister, NBC-TV, 1982.
Three-Way Choice, CBS-TV.
How to Make an American Quilt, (film), 1995.
Also author of the fiction work Mrs. Flowers: A Moment of Friendship, Redpath Press, 1986. Contributor of articles, short stories, and poems to periodicals, and of material to books.

Answer 5

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Hi, nicole-- I love Maya Angelou's book entitled POEMS (Bantam, 1986), which is a sort of compendium of poems taken from her other books. I'm going to post one of the poems here--a favorite of mine, but there are so many you'll love in this book: ON WORKING WHITE LIBERALS I don't ask the Foreign Legion Or anyone to win my freedom Or to fight my battle better than I can, Though there's one thing that I cry for I believe enough to die for That is every man's responsibility to man. I'm afraid they'll have to prove first that they'll watch the Black man move first Then follow him with faith to kingdom come, This rocky road is not paved for us, So, I'll believe in Liberal's aid for us When I see a white man load a Black man's gun. Hope this helps. Happy reading!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Anywhere! But maybe if you want to go strictly by style, you should go with some of her earlier publishings since writers' styles change over time. I would say my favorite (if I remember the title correctly) is /Mourning Grace/ which goes: If today I follow Death, go down its trackless wastes, salt my tongue on hardened tears for my precious dear's time waste Race along that promised cave in a headlong, deadlong haste Will you have the grace to mourn for me?

Answer 8

600

Answer 9

She has written twelve books. Some of them are poetry collections. I don't know if anyone has counted the individual poems.

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/87

http://www.mayaangelou.com/ShortBio.html

Answer 10

I would say she wrote around 100 poems and around 10 stories.