Mom & Me & Mom (16 page)
Authors: Maya Angelou
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I give particular thanks to Vivian Baxter, who generously taught me how to be a mother, allowing me to dedicate this book to one of the most courageous and generous men I know, my son, Guy Bailey Johnson
.
To all parents who have dared to raise daughters and sons with love, laughter, and prayers
.
Who have stumbled and fallen, and yet arisen and gone on to be successful mothers and fathers
.
And to all whom I have kept under a mother’s watchful eye:
Oprah, Stephanie Johnson, Lydia Stuckey
,
Valerie Simpson, Bettie Clay, Ceda Floyd
,
Dinky Weber, Jacqui Sales, and others
,
you know who you are
.
I thank God, and I thank you
.
BY MAYA ANGELOU
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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
ESSAYS
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My
Journey Now
Even the Stars Look Lonesome
Letter to My Daughter
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?
I Shall Not Be Moved
On the Pulse of Morning
Phenomenal Woman
The Complete Collected Poems of
Maya Angelou
A Brave and Startling Truth
Amazing Peace
Mother
Celebrations
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Poetry for Young People
My Painted House, My Friendly
Chicken, and Me
Kofi and His Magic
MAYA’S WORLD SERIES
Angelina of Italy
Izak of Lapland
Mikale of Hawaii
Renée Marie of France
PICTURE BOOKS
Love’s Exquisite Freedom
Now Sheba Sings the Song
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
COOKBOOKS
Great Food, All Day Long
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director M
AYA
A
NGELOU
was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then went to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
, she has written five poetry collections, including
I Shall Not Be Moved
and
Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?
, and two cookbooks,
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
and
Great Food, All Day Long
, as well as the celebrated poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” which she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton, and “A Brave and Startling Truth,” written at the request of the United Nations and read at its fiftieth anniversary. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
