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What are 5 facts about Maya Angelou?
10 Inspiring Facts About Maya Angelou
- SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CONDUCT A CABLE CAR IN SAN FRANCISCO.
- PORGY AND BESS TOOK HER TO EUROPE.
- SHE SPOKE SIX LANGUAGES.
- SHE DIDN’T SPEAK FOR FIVE YEARS IN HER YOUTH.
- SHE EDITED THE ARAB OBSERVER.
- SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED SEVERAL MOVIES.
- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
What is Maya Angelou’s favorite food?
Angelou cooks for a few friends. One of her favorite simple meals is roast chicken with hot bread, but she also has a soft spot for a dish she first tasted about 30 years ago at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City.
What is Maya Angelou’s favorite book in the Bible?
Biblical allusions are also frequent as much of Maya’s childhood is spent in church. Her favorite book of the Bible is Deuteronomy because with all its hellfire and damnation she thinks that if she can master all of those rules, she will get into Heaven.
What was Maya Angelou’s favorite drink?
She usually had a glass at 11 a.m., and—along with a Bible and Roget’s Thesaurus—sherry was a vital writing accessory of Maya Angelou’s.
Was Maya Angelou a chef?
There are those who say they would cook if they had the time, or the skills, but since they don’t, they delight in reading what serious cooks are able to create. Only a few readers buy cookbooks to really cook the recipes. Below, some quotes from Angelou on her cooking philosophies.
Why is Deuteronomy Marguerite’s favorite book of the Bible?
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Marguerite likes Deuteronomy because the laws it contains are so absolute and so firmly set down. This is her favorite book from the Bible, as all one has to do to avoid being sent to Hell is to memorize it and follow its teachings word for word.
Dr. Maya Angelou Recommended: 10 Authors & Poets Who Inspired the “Phenomenal Woman”
- Edgar Allen Poe. Maya Angelou often cited Edgar Allen Poe as one of the first poets who grabbed her attention as a young child.
- Thomas Wolfe.
- Anne Spencer.
- John O.
- Ralph Ellison.
- Kwesi Brew.
- James Baldwin.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar.