Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now.

ANGELOU, Maya.

Item Number: 785

New York: Random House, 1993.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed “Joy Maya Angelou” on the half title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.

In this gem of a book, Maya Angelou, the poet and novelist, shares her thoughts about humankind: how to respect others of different cultures, opinions, and values as taught by universal philosophies. Annie Johnson in "New Directions" and Aunt Tee in "Living Well, Living Good" are just some of the characters Angelou uses throughout to illustrate with precision and color the respect and perseverance she values. The narratives are carefully constructed with exhilarating assurance as the reader makes the transformative journey from what she is to what she must finally be. Angelou's prose is brisk, fluid, and entrancing. This work will provide a taste of wisdom to all who read it.