Monday, August 15, 2011

Maya Angelou to Speak at MSU in September

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
(Photo Courtesy Montana State University/Dwight Carter)

Acclaimed author Maya Angelou is coming Sept. 13 to speak at Montana State University, the MSU Leadership Institute confirmed.

“We are thrilled,” institute director Carmen McSpadden said, calling the upcoming visit “a very special opportunity for our town.”

Ticketing details are still being worked out. Angelou, 83, was scheduled to speak at MSU last fall but had to cancel because of health problems. She is a poet, author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” about her struggles growing up as a poor black girl in the South and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize.

Story courtesy of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle

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