# Maya Angelou (@maya-angelou)

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her autobiographical writing and poetry joined individual memory with histories of racism, gender, migration, family, creativity, and resistance.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Maya Angelou's public record._

## Topics

- [Poetry and Performance](/@maya-angelou/poetry-and-performance.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Teaching and Public Service](/@maya-angelou/teaching-and-public-service.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Autobiographical Writing](/@maya-angelou/autobiographical-writing.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Legacy and Context](/@maya-angelou/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Literary Method and Style](/@maya-angelou/literary-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Works](/@maya-angelou/major-works.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
- blog: https://magazine.wfu.edu/2014/09/22/maya-angelou/
- blog: https://blogs.loc.gov/catbird/2014/05/was-maya-angelou-a-poet-laureate-yes-and-no/
- blog: https://www.wakehealth.edu/about-us/history/firsts/maya-angelou-research-center-opens

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "maya-angelou", "question": "…"}`.