In her lifetime, Maya Angelou released the 1957 LP Miss Calypso, joined Ashford & Simpson for 1996’s Been Found and won three Grammys, all for spoken-word releases. This May, she died at age 86, but ...

Maya Angelou: poet, singer, dancer, painter, Grammy winner — and now, hip-hop artist. The new album Caged Bird Songs takes its title from Angelou's 1969 book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. One of ...

Her most famous work took its title from "Sympathy," a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. And it seems fitting, here after Maya Angelou's death at the age of 86, to recall some of what the poet said: I ...

Winfrey gave a speech about the impact of books at the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner in New York City on Wednesday Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, ...

Maya Angelou's posthumous album is released through an assist from R&B producer Shawn Rivera. By Gail Mitchell Before her death at age 86 on May 28, Dr. Maya Angelou had signed off on a unique music ...