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Maya Angelou

money Jan. 11, 2022

Maya Angelou Will Make Me a Coin CollectorAngelou is the first Black woman to appear on the quarter.

By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
reading lists Sept. 2, 2020

25 Famous Women on Their Favorite BooksReading recommendations from Alice Munro, Zadie Smith, Sonia Sotomayor, and more.

By Jane Starr Drinkard and Julie Ma
far and wide June 23, 2017

25 Famous Women on the Pleasures of TravelingChrissy Teigen, Martha Stewart, Joan Didion, and more share their fondest memories.

By Julie Ma

advice June 15, 2017

25 Famous Women on How to Be ProductiveShonda Rhimes, Joan Didion, Yayoi Kusama, and more on productivity and the benefits of procrastination.

By Julie Ma
May 9, 2017

What It Was Like to Live Among James Baldwin and Maya Angelou in 1970s New YorkJessica B. Harris, an award-winning food historian, shares what it was like to live among James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Maya Angelou.

By Dayna Evans
25 famous women on June 20, 2016

25 Famous Women Talk About Their BoobsReflections from Tracee Ellis Ross, Tina Fey, Ruby Rose, and more.

By Julie Ma
herstories Oct. 27, 2015

The World Needs This Maya Angelou Documentary“The wound of her leaving is still fresh. It’s a hole in our culture.”

By Allison P. Davis
writers Sept. 23, 2015

25 Famous Women on Writing Their Own StoriesThe power (and challenges) of self-reflection.

By Julie Ma
in memory May 28, 2014

Remembering Maya Angelou: A Life in Pictures A life that filled a six-volume memoir.

By Allison P. Davis and Emily Shornick
pearls of wisdom May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou’s 25 Most Perfect, Inspiring TweetsA life of rainbows, love, and delight.

By Allison P. Davis

feminism has a scent Dec. 20, 2013

Beyoncé’s New Fragrance Inspired by Maya AngelouFeminism now has a scent.

By Kathleen Hou
party lines Oct. 22, 2013

Party Pics: Dakota Fanning, Alex Wang, the Roitfelds & MoreThe fall season gone famous.

By Julie Ma