The Life of the Author Maya Angelou

by Linda Wagner-Martin

Excellent Biography of Maya Angelou.

Genres: Audiobook

Audiobook

First published October 22, 2015

About the author

Linda Wagner-Martin is the Frank Borden Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emerita at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Over a teaching career spanning 53 years, she taught at Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and UNC, while authoring and editing more than 55 books. Her work includes biographies of major literary figures such as Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou, along with studies like A History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present and The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism. After retiring in 2011, she continued publishing extensively. Wagner-Martin’s contributions have earned her prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Service to American Literature, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Radcliffe Institute. She holds BA, BS, MA, and PhD degrees from Bowling Green State University, where she graduated magna cum laude with majors in English and minors in American History.

Reviews

[Eric Paradis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather dry, but complete overview of the life and times of Maya Angelou. An honest primer before reading her first-hand memoirs.

[Padiecakes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but not the best

[Dayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most inspirational biographies of a great writer, teacher, singer, dancer and traveler.

[GypsyLove · Rating 2 out of 5]

The narrator is very monotone and doesn't give any life to the story.

[Christopher Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good collection of Maya trivia.

[Mills College Library]

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