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Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
''Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now'', published in 1993, is African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou's first book of essays. It was published shortly after she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration. ''Journey'' consists of a series of short essays, often autobiographical, along with two poems, and has been called one of Angelou's "wisdom books".〔 It is titled after a lyric in the song ''Keep Your Eyes on the Prize''. At the time of its publication, Angelou was already well respected and popular as a writer and poet. Like her previous works, ''Journey'' received generally positive reviews.
== Background ==
''Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now'' (1993) is Maya Angelou's first book of essays, published shortly after she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of US President Bill Clinton,〔 making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's 1961 inauguration.〔 Her recitation resulted in more recognition for her previous works and broadened her appeal "across racial, economic, and educational boundaries".〔 ''Journey'' is, together with the 1997 book ''Even the Stars Look Lonesome'', one of the volumes that writer Hilton Als called Angelou's "wisdom book, comprising "homilies strung together with autobiographical texts".〔
''Journey'' was published during the period between her fifth and sixth autobiographies, ''All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes'' (1986) and ''A Song Flung Up to Heaven'' (2002). Angelou's second book of essays, ''Even the Stars Look Lonesome'', was published in 1997. She had earlier published several volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated ''Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie'' (1971).〔 Angelou's first personal essays were published in ''Essence'' in late 1992. The positive response from her readers and the encouragement of her friend Oprah Winfrey inspired her to write ''Journey''. She later admitted that the public's response was "puzzling" to her. She also stated that she attempted to be "accessible" to her readers in the book. ''Journey'' appeared on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list and had an initial printing of 300,000 copies.〔 ''The Los Angeles Times'', in a report about the 1993 financial struggles of Angelou's publisher, Random House, speculated that the success of ''Journey'' partly compensated for the publisher's other losses.〔
By 1993, when ''Journey'' was published, Angelou had become recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for Blacks and women.〔 She was, as scholar Joanne Braxton stated, "without a doubt ... America's most visible black woman autobiographer".〔 She had also become, as reviewer Richard Long stated, "a major autobiographical voice of the time".〔 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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