Honorifics were widely debated on social media last week, focused on an old talk-show clip of the late Maya Angelou sharply chiding a young woman for addressing her as Maya rather than Miss Angelou.
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I lived there in the mid-’60s, when the flower children were in full bloom.
Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey said Saturday they were among the millions touched by Angelou's wisdom when they needed help to rise.
I first discovered Maya Angelou 10 years ago during a particularly challenging time in my life.
Maya Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died. She was 86.
Maya Angelou will not attend the 2014 MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon, where she will be honored.
Maya Angelou is mourning her friend Amiri Baraka, remembering him as a vital poet whose private persona differed greatly from his fiery public image.
Two of the more popular inspirational exhortations to generosity many years ago were: “Give not until it hurts, but give until it no longer hurts,” and, “Give not out of one’s surplus, but out of one’s poverty.”
