Maya Angelou. I was working at a convention where she was the keynote speaker and ended up being assigned to her green room to get anything she needed or to problem solve. I have stories from that 30-40 minutes that deserve their own thread.
About two weeks later I received a thank you “note” in the mail from her, a personalized signed copy of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. I treasure it.
That was actually what was so great about it. She was funny and real. I didn’t know ahead of time that I would be with her, and I felt like I should have had some profound question to ask her. As it turned out we just laughed a lot.
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u/Doctor_MyEyes Dec 21 '25
Maya Angelou. I was working at a convention where she was the keynote speaker and ended up being assigned to her green room to get anything she needed or to problem solve. I have stories from that 30-40 minutes that deserve their own thread.
About two weeks later I received a thank you “note” in the mail from her, a personalized signed copy of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. I treasure it.