Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Book by Maya Angelou

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Author| Maya Angelou
Language| English
Published| 1995

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women is a book of poems by Maya Angelou, published in 1995.[1]

The poems in this short volume were published in Angelou's previous volumes of poetry. "Phenomenal Woman," "Still I Rise," and "Our Grandmothers" appeared in And Still I Rise (1978) and "Weekend Glory" appeared in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983). The volume was published a year after Random House published The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, Angelou's first collection of poetry, and two years after she read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.[2]

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1. ^ Angelou, Maya (5 October 2011). Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women - Maya Angelou - Google Books. ISBN 9780307807625. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
2. ^ "Maya Angelou (1928 -)". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-07-28

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Works by Maya Angelou

Albums|

Miss Calypso

Autobiographies|

* I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
* Gather Together in My Name
* Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry like Christmas
* The Heart of a Woman
* All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
* A Song Flung Up to Heaven
* Mom & Me & Mom
* Themes

Poetry|

* Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
* Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
* And Still I Rise
* Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
* Now Sheba Sings the Song
* I Shall Not Be Moved
* "On the Pulse of Morning"
* The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
* Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
* "A Brave and Startling Truth"
* Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
* Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me
* "We Had Him"
* Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Essays|

* Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
* Even the Stars Look Lonesome
* Letter to My Daughter

Cookbooks|

* Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
* Great Food, All Day Long

Screenplays|

* Georgia, Georgia (1972)
* Sister, Sister (1982)

Films|

* Down in the Delta (1998)

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Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

1950s|

* The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows – Stan Freberg (1959)

1960s|

* Lincoln Portrait – Carl Sandburg (1960)
* FDR Speaks – Robert Bialek (producer) (1961)
* Humor in Music – Leonard Bernstein (1962)
* The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton – Charles Laughton (1963)
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Edward Albee (playwright) (1964)
* BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy – That Was the Week That Was (1965)
* John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him – Goddard Lieberson (producer) (1966)
* Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years – Edward R. Murrow (1967)
* Gallant Men – Everett Dirksen (1968)
* Lonesome Cities – Rod McKuen (1969)

1970s|

* We Love You Call Collect – Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter (1970)
* Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam – Martin Luther King Jr. (1971)
* Desiderata – Les Crane (1972)
* Lenny – Bruce Botnick (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1973)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Harris (1974)
* Good Evening – Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (1975)
* Give 'em Hell, Harry! – James Whitmore (1976)
* Great American Documents – Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones, and Orson Welles (1977)
* The Belle of Amherst – Julie Harris (1978)
* Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Orson Welles (1979)

1980s|

* Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare – John Gielgud (1980)
* Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein – Pat Carroll (1981)
* Donovan's Brain – Orson Welles (1982)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1983)
* Lincoln Portrait – William Warfield (1984)
* The Words of Gandhi – Ben Kingsley (1985)
* Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Mike Berniker (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1986)
* Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions – Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chips Moman, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Sam Phillips (1987)
* Lake Wobegon Days – Garrison Keillor (1988)
* Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – Jesse Jackson (1989)

1990s|

* It's Always Something – Gilda Radner (1990)
* Gracie: A Love Story – George Burns (1991)
* The Civil War – Ken Burns (1992)
* What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS – Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Robert O'Keefe (1993)
* On the Pulse of Morning – Maya Angelou (1994)
* Get in the Van – Henry Rollins (1995)
* Phenomenal Woman – Maya Angelou (1996)
* It Takes a Village – Hillary Clinton (1997)
* Charles Kuralt's Spring – Charles Kuralt (1998)
* Still Me – Christopher Reeve (1999)

2000s|

* The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. – LeVar Burton (2000)
* The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography – Sidney Poitier, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2001)
* Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – Quincy Jones, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2002)
* A Song Flung Up to Heaven – Maya Angelou and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2003)
* Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them – Al Franken and Paul Ruben (producer) (2004)
* My Life – Bill Clinton (2005)
* Dreams from My Father – Barack Obama (2006)
* Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis – Jimmy Carter / With Ossie and Ruby – Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (2007)
* The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2008)
* An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore – Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon, and Blair Underwood (2009)

2010s|

* Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox (2010)
* The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) – Jon Stewart (2011)
* If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) – Betty White (2012)
* Society's Child – Janis Ian (2013)
* America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't – Stephen Colbert (2014)
* Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers (2015)
* A Full Life: Reflections at 90 – Jimmy Carter (2016)
* In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox – Carol Burnett (2017)
* The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher (2018)
* Faith: A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter (2019)

2020s|

* Becoming – Michelle Obama (2020)
* Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow (2021)
* Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis − Don Cheadle (2022)
* Finding Me – Viola Davis (2023)
* The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times – Michelle Obama (2024)
* Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration – Jimmy Carter (2025)

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