Tavis Smiley speaks with Maya Angelou about her latest autobiography, A Song Flung Up to Heaven. NPR part 1, May 8, 02 (RealPlayer 10:18) , part 2, May 9, 02 (RealPlayer 10:18)
May Angelou talks about 'A Song Flung Up to Heaven' and the times it treats: (RealPlayer | Media Player 8:42) from eyeonbooks.com
Maya angelou talks with Michael Silverblatt; she speaks about the people she knew when she started out as a writer, how she learned to write, and who she is now. KCRW, August 1, 2002. (RealPlayer 28:39)
Maya Angelou tells Don Swaim how poetry cured her muteness, how she writes in the autobiographical and poetical style, and how she means "we" when she writes "I". 1987 (RealPlayer 21:32)
About African American language May Angelou said, "The very idea that African-American language is a language separate and apart can be very threatening, because it can encourage young men and women not to learn standard English." Listen to this in WAV | AIFF (403K/ 0:36), 1966
On The Bus With Maya Angelou. May Angelou talks with Tony Kahn about traveling around and reminisces about her youth. April 12, 02. Read the transcript. (RealPlayer 8:58)