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Letter to My Daughter
''Letter to My Daughter'' (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies. She was recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for Blacks and women, and had become "a major autobiographical voice of the time".〔 Angelou had no daughters herself, but was inspired to write ''Letter'' as she was going through 20 years of notes and essay ideas, some of which were written for her friend Oprah Winfrey. Angelou wrote the book for the thousands of women who saw her as a mother figure, and to share the wisdom gained throughout her long life.
''Letter'' consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had".〔 Reviews of the book were generally positive; most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt. One reviewer found the book's essays both homespun and "hokey".〔
== Background ==
''Letter to My Daughter'' is Maya Angelou's third book of essays. She had published several volumes of poetry, including ''Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie'' (1971), which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.〔Moyer, Homer E. (2003), ''The R.A.T. Real-World Aptitude Test: Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home''. Sterling, Virginia: Capital Books, p. 297. ISBN 1-931868-42-5.〕 She had recited her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning", at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993,〔Grenier, Richard (29 November 1993). "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (Book)". ''National Review'' 45 (23): 76.〕 making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.〔Manegold, Catherine S. (20 January 1993). ("An Afternoon with Maya Angelou; A Wordsmith at Her Inaugural Anvil" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 27 December 2013.〕 In 2009, when ''Letter'' was published, Angelou had published six out of her seven installments of her series of autobiographies. Her sixth autobiography, ''A Song Flung Up to Heaven'' (2002), was considered her final autobiography〔Connolly, Sherryl (14 April 2002). ("Angelou Puts Finishing Touches on the Last of Many Memoirs". ) ''New York Daily News''. Retrieved 27 December 2013.〕 until she published her seventh autobiography, ''Mom & Me & Mom'', in 2013, at the age of 85.〔Gilmor, Susan (7 April 2013). ("Angelou: Writing about Mom emotional process" ). ''Winston-Salem Journal''. Retrieved 27 December 2013.〕
By the time ''Letter'' was published, Angelou had become recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for Blacks and women.〔("Maya Angelou". ) ''Poetry Foundation''. Retrieved 27 December 2013.〕 She was, as scholar Joanne Braxton has stated, "without a doubt ... America's most visible black woman autobiographer".〔Braxton, Joanne M. (1999). "Symbolic Geography and Psychic Landscapes: A Conversation with Maya Angelou". In Joanne M. Braxton. ''Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Casebook''. New York: Oxford Press, p. 4. ISBN 0-19-511606-2.〕 She had also become, as reviewer Richard Long stated, "a major autobiographical voice of the time".〔Long, Richard (November 2005). "Maya Angelou". ''Smithsonian'' 36 (8): 84.〕 Angelou was one of the first African-American female writers to publicly discuss her personal life, and one of the first to use herself as a central character in her books. Writer Julian Mayfield, who called her first autobiography, ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'', "a work of art that eludes description", stated that Angelou's series set a precedent not only for other Black women writers, but for the genre of autobiography as a whole.〔
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