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And while her poetry and fiction are well recognized, her contributions to the world of children’s literature are less familiar to readers — but just as important. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/20/maya-angelou-legacy-of-an-artist/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maya_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12735398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three decades at UC Berkeley and Mills College, I taught “New Dawn on the Horizon: A Survey of Third World Children’s Literature.” In the class, I referenced and utilized works dating from the late 19th century up to the early 21st century. Along with Alpha Angela, Bratton, Arna Bontemps, Shirley Graham DuBois, Lucille Clifton and June Jordan, my syllabus included children’s books by Angelou. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other adult poets and novelists who’ve also written wonderful children’s books — Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, for example — Angelou’s contributions to children’s literature were imaginatively crafted and centered on socially conscious topics. They were illustrated by notable artists, including Caldecott Honor Award winner Tom Feelings and young legendary painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and these creative partnerships resulted in celebrated works like \u003cem>Life Doesn’t Frighten Me\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Souls Look Back in Wonder\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12740804\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012 \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12740804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012. \u003ccite>(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her collaborations with Feelings reflect a kind of tenderness, dignity and self-acceptance that parents, teachers, librarians and young readers seek. The tenderness and unwavering dignity found in \u003cem>Souls Look Back in Wonder\u003c/em>, an illustrated anthology that features works by award-winning writers including Alexis DeVeaux, Askia M. Toure and Walter Dean Myers, nourishes the soul and inspires young minds to grow through the powerful lens of black life and culture. Feelings and Angelou’s work together on \u003cem>Now Sheba Sings the Song\u003c/em> is filled with his sepia rich illustrations and her lyrical poetry. The book pays a timeless homage to the beauty, historical strength and resolute magic of black women. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12778177\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews.jpg\" alt=\"Cover for 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'\" width=\"627\" height=\"773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12778177\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews.jpg 627w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-160x197.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-240x296.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-375x462.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-520x641.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover for ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Angelou and Basquiat’s \u003cem>Life Doesn’t Frighten Me\u003c/em>, the author and illustrator help families navigate some of the real and imagined terrors foisted upon children in today’s world. Basquiat’s illustrations are rendered with the fright that overtakes the imaginations of so many kids, while Angelou’s words drum up the courage they need to help them live beyond the fright and terror:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Shadows on the wall\u003cbr>\nNoises down the hall\u003cbr>\nLife doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tough guys fight\u003cbr>\nAll alone at night\u003cbr>\nLife doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dragons breathing flame on my counterpane\u003cbr>\nThat doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Makes you feel like you can take on anything, doesn’t it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that Angelou’s rich literary life included works for children is a testimony to her vision and her commitment to words. Through books she wrote for adolescents, she demonstrates the depth of her brilliance, and exemplifies the ways humanity can create a world that turns on a bounty of imagination and creativity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Daphne Muse is a writer, social commentator and poet who lived in the culturally dynamic Fruitvale District of Oakland, Calif. for 41 years. She just completed her fifth book, \u003cstrong>The Cousins are Coming! The Cousins are Coming!\u003c/strong> She now resides in Brentwood, Calif. observing life through a different lens seasoned by her decades of activism and writing the world through her extensive travels in South Africa, Suriname, Mississippi, and Cuba. Her collection of multicultural children’s literature is now housed at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library and in 2014 was featured in \u003cstrong>On These I Stand: An Exhibit of Rare Black Books and Collectibles.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The expansiveness of Maya Angelou’s voice reaches from the stoops of neighborhoods in urban America to podiums in capitol buildings and presidential palaces in Africa. And while her poetry and fiction are well recognized, her contributions to the world of children’s literature are less familiar to readers — but just as important. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/20/maya-angelou-legacy-of-an-artist/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maya_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12735398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three decades at UC Berkeley and Mills College, I taught “New Dawn on the Horizon: A Survey of Third World Children’s Literature.” In the class, I referenced and utilized works dating from the late 19th century up to the early 21st century. Along with Alpha Angela, Bratton, Arna Bontemps, Shirley Graham DuBois, Lucille Clifton and June Jordan, my syllabus included children’s books by Angelou. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other adult poets and novelists who’ve also written wonderful children’s books — Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, for example — Angelou’s contributions to children’s literature were imaginatively crafted and centered on socially conscious topics. They were illustrated by notable artists, including Caldecott Honor Award winner Tom Feelings and young legendary painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and these creative partnerships resulted in celebrated works like \u003cem>Life Doesn’t Frighten Me\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Souls Look Back in Wonder\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12740804\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012 \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12740804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Michelle-Obama-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012. \u003ccite>(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her collaborations with Feelings reflect a kind of tenderness, dignity and self-acceptance that parents, teachers, librarians and young readers seek. The tenderness and unwavering dignity found in \u003cem>Souls Look Back in Wonder\u003c/em>, an illustrated anthology that features works by award-winning writers including Alexis DeVeaux, Askia M. Toure and Walter Dean Myers, nourishes the soul and inspires young minds to grow through the powerful lens of black life and culture. Feelings and Angelou’s work together on \u003cem>Now Sheba Sings the Song\u003c/em> is filled with his sepia rich illustrations and her lyrical poetry. The book pays a timeless homage to the beauty, historical strength and resolute magic of black women. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12778177\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews.jpg\" alt=\"Cover for 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'\" width=\"627\" height=\"773\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12778177\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews.jpg 627w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-160x197.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-240x296.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-375x462.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/LIFE-1pgReviews-520x641.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover for ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Angelou and Basquiat’s \u003cem>Life Doesn’t Frighten Me\u003c/em>, the author and illustrator help families navigate some of the real and imagined terrors foisted upon children in today’s world. Basquiat’s illustrations are rendered with the fright that overtakes the imaginations of so many kids, while Angelou’s words drum up the courage they need to help them live beyond the fright and terror:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Shadows on the wall\u003cbr>\nNoises down the hall\u003cbr>\nLife doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tough guys fight\u003cbr>\nAll alone at night\u003cbr>\nLife doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dragons breathing flame on my counterpane\u003cbr>\nThat doesn’t frighten me at all\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Makes you feel like you can take on anything, doesn’t it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Watching Maya Angelou in her kitchen was almost as good as watching her on stage. In fact, she sometimes seemed more at ease chopping and mixing and creating in her kitchen than she did delivering lyrics or dialogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/20/maya-angelou-legacy-of-an-artist/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maya_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12735398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She appeared to enjoy being a hostess far more than being a guest — a world apart from her good friend Decca Mitford, who was often seen walking through her own parties with a handbag on her arm and cigarette in her hand, pretending she was a guest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decca once told me, “it’s much more pleasant to be entertained, rather than to be expected to make others at ease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occasionally Maya would concede to the guest role and accept her friends’ invitations to join them for dinner at their homes. It was during one of those rare times when she accepted our offer for dinner at our house. That was where the Salad Spinner story had its beginning. Many decades later, its conclusion is still elusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12744493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Belva Davis's former in Petaluma\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12744493\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belva Davis’s former home in Petaluma. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Belva Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Country Home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maya and I were both living in Sonoma County, and experimenting with peace and quiet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I loved our country home spread out over a few acres, and especially loved having my own garden. 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But the leaves would serve as a background for all the other colors and textures that create the “cornucopia” we call “salad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12740803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Angelou and director Lee Daniels attend Dr. Maya Angelou's 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou's home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12740803\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maya Angelou and director Lee Daniels attend Dr. Maya Angelou’s 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou’s home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. \u003ccite>( Photo: Steve Exum/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>More Than A Spinner\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I thought of the symbolism and how it reflected on Maya’s journey through life. Pumping the spinner and trying to get rid of the excessive water that drags all too many people down — that matched her vision and efforts to bring all of the stuff that is good for us together, in one place, to nourish and feed our hunger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So often it takes just one person with a strong determination to drive a whole device, or a movement. The challenge is to make sure the person with the hand on the lever really cares about the fragile leaves she is whirling. To recognize that it’s the mixing of all the flavors, colors, and the textures, that result in a great, healthy and special dish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one who respects Maya’s passion and commitment to value all around us, I asked myself how can I cultivate a new vision of my own place in life?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can I embrace a strong desire to soldier on with others, and accept that I am just one small part of the creation of something good? When will I accept the fact that my contribution will be to find satisfaction in being part of the solution?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important part of this rather simple ‘thank you gift story’ is envisioning a single person with power to push a lever that forces unwanted elements to go away. I do not want to know if she intended some sort of sublime message for me to acknowledge my own power — or simply wished me to make a better, healthier salad, with less exposure to germs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHWuSrCU_X0\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Bigger Meaning\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What matters is my admiration and acknowledgment of her power and mine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think people like me are scattered all over the world. Treasuring our encounters and trying to live up to her ideals and expectations that we live our best lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During our last interview on KQED’s \u003cem>This Week in Northern California\u003c/em> back in 2012 (see above), I asked her why she had spent so much of her life reaching out and supporting others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I owe it to another person to say what I’ve learned. I’ve learned that it’s wise to take responsibility for the time you take up and space you occupy,” Angelou said. “I think that each one of us lives in direct relationship to the heroes and sheroes we have. Always and then always.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maya, so many of us have chosen you as our “shero” and embraced your vision of bringing people together. We agree that we need to be responsible for the space we occupy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Watching Maya Angelou in her kitchen was almost as good as watching her on stage. In fact, she sometimes seemed more at ease chopping and mixing and creating in her kitchen than she did delivering lyrics or dialogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/20/maya-angelou-legacy-of-an-artist/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maya_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12735398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She appeared to enjoy being a hostess far more than being a guest — a world apart from her good friend Decca Mitford, who was often seen walking through her own parties with a handbag on her arm and cigarette in her hand, pretending she was a guest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decca once told me, “it’s much more pleasant to be entertained, rather than to be expected to make others at ease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occasionally Maya would concede to the guest role and accept her friends’ invitations to join them for dinner at their homes. It was during one of those rare times when she accepted our offer for dinner at our house. That was where the Salad Spinner story had its beginning. Many decades later, its conclusion is still elusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12744493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Belva Davis's former in Petaluma\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12744493\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/DAvis-PEtaluma-House.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belva Davis’s former home in Petaluma. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Belva Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Country Home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maya and I were both living in Sonoma County, and experimenting with peace and quiet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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I pumped with all of my strength to make the center swirl and watched the liquid that had been attached to the leaves hit the wall and drain into the outer bowl. Then I realized I had to be careful, and not overdo it and bruise the leaves. They were the foundation for the mixture of vegetables of all colors and shapes and taste that would make the salad healthy. But the leaves would serve as a background for all the other colors and textures that create the “cornucopia” we call “salad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12740803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Angelou and director Lee Daniels attend Dr. Maya Angelou's 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou's home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12740803\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya-Lee-Daniels-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maya Angelou and director Lee Daniels attend Dr. Maya Angelou’s 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou’s home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. \u003ccite>( Photo: Steve Exum/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>More Than A Spinner\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I thought of the symbolism and how it reflected on Maya’s journey through life. Pumping the spinner and trying to get rid of the excessive water that drags all too many people down — that matched her vision and efforts to bring all of the stuff that is good for us together, in one place, to nourish and feed our hunger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So often it takes just one person with a strong determination to drive a whole device, or a movement. The challenge is to make sure the person with the hand on the lever really cares about the fragile leaves she is whirling. To recognize that it’s the mixing of all the flavors, colors, and the textures, that result in a great, healthy and special dish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one who respects Maya’s passion and commitment to value all around us, I asked myself how can I cultivate a new vision of my own place in life?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can I embrace a strong desire to soldier on with others, and accept that I am just one small part of the creation of something good? 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