Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" (2002) bụ nke isii n'ime usoro nke Maya Angelou nke autobiographies, na n'oge mbipụta ya, a na-ewere ya dị ka nke ikpeazụ. E dechara ya afọ iri na isii ka e bipụtasịrị akwụkwọ akụkọ ndụ ya nke mbụ, "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" (1986) na ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ ka e bipụtasịrị nke mbụ ya, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Angelou dere mkpokọta edemede abụọ n'oge ahụ, "Agaghị m ewere ihe ọ bụla maka njem m ugbu a" (1993) na "Ọbụna Kpakpando Na-adị Owu" (1997), nke onye edemede Hilton Als kpọrọ "akwụkwọ amamihe" ya na "okwuchukwu jikọtara ya na ederede autobiographical". Ọ gara n'ihu na-ede uri ya n'ọtụtụ mpịakọta, gụnyere nchịkọta uri ya, "The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou" (1994). N'afọ 1993, Angelou gụpụtara uri ya bụ "On the Pulse of Morning" na
N'ụbọchị nhọpụta onyeisiala Bill Clinton, ọ ghọrọ onye ọbụ abụ mbụ kwuru okwu nhọpụta kemgbe Robert Frost kwuru okwu nhọpụta John F. Kennedy n'afọ 1961. Nkwupụta ya mere ka ọ bụrụ onye a ma ama na onye a ma ama maka ọrụ ya ndị gara aga, ma gbasaa mkpesa ya "n'ofe agbụrụ, akụ na ụba, na agụmakwụkwọ".