Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving.

Published in a commemorative booklet in 1995 and later included in Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry. Title: Brave Words for a Startling Occasion: Call Number: MS 74-24: ArchivesSpace Finding Aid. The poem, A Brave and Startling Truth, by Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928May 28, 2014), flew to space on the Orion spacecraft and Angelou dedicated it to the hope for peace, which lies, sometimes hidden, in every heart. The poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth,” by Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928–May 28, 2014), flew to space on the Orion spacecraft and Angelou dedicated it to “the hope for peace, which lies, sometimes hidden, in every heart.” Published in a commemorative booklet in 1995 and later included in “Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry”. Brave Words for a Startling Occasion is an autographed manuscript of a speech delivered by Ralph Ellison when he won the National Book Award in 1953 for his work entitled The Invisible Man. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Brave Words for a Startling Occasion Collection Summary.

Brave words for a startling occasion