DR. MAYA ANGELOU | I Am Human

DR. MAYA ANGELOU | I Am Human
Today, we celebrate the life of one of the greatest voices of our time. American author and poet Maya Angelou, who is best known for her groundbreaking autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died at age 86 in North Carolina, her publisher confirmed on Wednesday. Angelou provided eloquent commentary on race, gender and living life to its fullest in poems and memoirs. "She was beyond simply being a writer of autobiography and poetry. I think she transcended the idea of writing and using writing as a transcendence medium to further the individual," Harold Augenbraum, the executive director of the National Book Foundation, told Reuters.