Angelou, Maya

ON THE PULSE OF MORNING [Signed]

New York, NY: Random House, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. In Very Good condition. Red covers with copper gilted lettering, covered in a plastic covering with a cardboard backing. Covers have mild wear along the edges. Textblock has mild age-toning along the edges. Signed "Joy!" by Maya Angelou on title page. DL consignment.

NOTE: Shelved in Room Z.

1385973

Special Collections - Downstairs

Price: $600

NOTES

Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou would become notable not only for her moving poetry and fervent work as an activist for black people and women's rights, but also for her genre defining work as a biographer, writing out her own life like a work of literature, opening many new pathways for the genre. "On the Pluse of Morning" is perhaps one of Angelou's most known poems, being the inaugural poem read at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. This softcover edition is one of the first printed following the ceremony.