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Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997) is African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou's second book of essays, published during the long period between her fifth and sixth autobiographies, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986) and A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002).
- Maya Angelou
- 1997
English. 145 pages ; 22 cm. A house can hurt, a home can heal -- Africa -- Aging -- Godfrey Cambridge and fame -- A song to sensuality -- They came to stay -- Mother and freedom -- Loving learning -- Poetic passage -- Art in Africa -- Vacationing -- Age and sexuality -- Rural museums: southern romance -- I dare to hope -- Poor poverty -- Danger ...
Even the Stars Look Lonesome is a profound series of essays that explores aspects of life both big and small, with Maya Angelou serving as the unique, spellbinding guide to a powerful spiritual journey.
- Paperback
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Maya Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth.”—The New York Times Book Review
Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on...
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At the age of 16, she became not only the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco but the first woman conductor. In the mid-1950s, she toured Europe with a production of the opera Porgy...
Even the Stars Look Lonesome is a profound series of essays that explores aspects of life both big and small, with Maya Angelou serving as the unique, spellbinding guide to a powerful spiritual journey.
- Maya Angelou
