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Maya Angelou

  1. money
    Maya Angelou Will Make Me a Coin CollectorAngelou is the first Black woman to appear on the quarter.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  2. reading lists
    25 Famous Women on Their Favorite BooksReading recommendations from Alice Munro, Zadie Smith, Sonia Sotomayor, and more.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard and Julie Ma
  3. far and wide
    25 Famous Women on the Pleasures of TravelingChrissy Teigen, Martha Stewart, Joan Didion, and more share their fondest memories.
    By Julie Ma
  4. advice
    25 Famous Women on How to Be ProductiveShonda Rhimes, Joan Didion, Yayoi Kusama, and more on productivity and the benefits of procrastination.
    By Julie Ma
  5. What It Was Like to Live Among James Baldwin and Maya Angelou in 1970s New YorkJessica B. Harris, an award-winning food historian, shares what it was like to live among James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Maya Angelou.
    By Dayna Evans
  6. You Need This Clip of Maya Angelou and James Baldwin Right NowIt’s 90 seconds that will make you feel better about the world.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  7. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for PBS’s Maya Angelou DocGrab a tissue.
    By Dee Lockett
  8. 25 famous women on
    25 Famous Women Talk About Their BoobsReflections from Tracee Ellis Ross, Tina Fey, Ruby Rose, and more.
    By Julie Ma
  9. floetry
    Lindsay Lohan’s Guide to Feuding With Celebrities Through Maya Angelou Poems“Still I rise … unless I have to be on set.”
    By Ira Madison III
  10. Nicki Minaj Reads Maya Angelou’s ‘Still I Rise’“Does my sassiness upset you?”
    By E. Alex Jung
  11. herstories
    The World Needs This Maya Angelou Documentary“The wound of her leaving is still fresh. It’s a hole in our culture.”
    By Allison P. Davis
  12. writers
    25 Famous Women on Writing Their Own StoriesThe power (and challenges) of self-reflection.
    By Julie Ma
  13. tears
    Common Remembers the Day He Met Maya AngelouIt’s very sweet.
    By Delia Paunescu
  14. in memory
    Remembering Maya Angelou: A Life in Pictures A life that filled a six-volume memoir.
    By Allison P. Davis and Emily Shornick
  15. pearls of wisdom
    Maya Angelou’s 25 Most Perfect, Inspiring TweetsA life of rainbows, love, and delight.
    By Allison P. Davis
  16. r.i.p.
    Watch Maya Angelou Sing ‘My Name’ on Sesame StreetAnd play patty-cake with Elmo.
    By Gilbert Cruz
  17. obits
    Maya Angelou Dies at 86In Winston-Salem.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  18. r.i.p.
    Watch Maya Angelou Read Her Poem at Bill Clinton’s 1993 Inauguration“On the Pulse of Morning.”
    By Gilbert Cruz
  19. feminism has a scent
    Beyoncé’s New Fragrance Inspired by Maya AngelouFeminism now has a scent. 
    By Kathleen Hou
  20. books
    Did the National Book Awards’ Bet on the Bigtime Pay Off Last Night?What’s on the line isn’t the $10,000 prize.
    By Boris Kachka
  21. party lines
    Party Pics: Dakota Fanning, Alex Wang, the Roitfelds & MoreThe fall season gone famous.
    By Julie Ma
  22. beef
    Maya Angelou Is Not Too Happy With Common“I had never heard him use that [word] before.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  23. Mediavore
    Maya Angelou Pens New Cookbook; 15% of U.S. Used Food Stamps in AugustThe great U.S. author publishes her second recipe collection called Great Food, All Day Long.
  24. Mediavore
    Logan Customs Officials Warn Against Diseased Delicacies; Maya Angelou Knows WhyPlus fatty foods are as addictive as cocaine and more, all in our morning news round-up.
    By Kara Baskin
  25. books
    The New York Public Library Acquires Maya Angelou ArchiveIt includes letters from James Baldwin and Malcolm X.
    By Avi Zenilman
  26. gossipmonger
    Guy Ritchie Gets Himself a New Eighties Model GirlfriendMadge’s ex is spotted on a romantic date with renowned cougar Elle Macpherson. And more, in the gossip roundup.
    By Katie Goldsmith
  27. gossipmonger
    Bruce Willis Acts Like Liz Smith Was Born YesterdayBruce Willis says he’s dating a model because she’s pretty on the inside. Plus, Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling go on a date, as do Silda and Eliot Spitzer, in our daily roundup of the juiciest bits from New York gossip columns.
  28. gossipmonger
    Chloë Sevigny Down! We Repeat, Chloë Sevigny Down!The indie actress is felled by a viral infection, Salman Rushdie would vote for Barack Obama, and writer Peter Davis cares too much about a socialite contest. All that and the rest of the gossip from New York’s tabloids today.