Life Doesn't Frighten Me
by Maya Angelou
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Art History, Poetry, and Art.
Maya Angelou's poetic celebration of the courage within each person is matched by the daring vision of artist Basquiat, whose childlike style reveals the fanciful imaginings of childhood. In this introduction to poetry and contemporary art, brief biographies of Angelou and Basquiat accompany the text and artwork. Maya Angelou's poetic celebration o...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Art History, Poetry, and Art.
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Debbie Millman
“Thanks to @michaelbierut, I?ve accepted the #BookCover2019 challenge from @kioskfonts, sharing 7 book covers w/o any explanations, tagging a new person every day. With this book by Maya Angelou w/illustrations by JeanMichel Basquiat, I?m passing the challenge on to @jhsilverman | Thanks to @michaelbierut, I’ve accepted the #BookCover2019 challenge from @kioskfonts, sharing 7 book covers w/o any explanations, tagging a new person every day. With this book by Maya Angelou w/illustrations by JeanMichel Basquiat, I’m passing the challenge on to @jhsilverman”
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