RALEIGH, N.C. -- Poet and novelist Maya Angelou said she agreed to host a weekly show for XM Satellite Radio's ''Oprah & Friends'' channel partly because she has never hosted a radio show before.
September 15, 2006 (Press Release) --
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Poet and novelist Maya Angelou said she agreed to host a weekly show for XM Satellite Radio's ''Oprah & Friends'' channel partly because she has never hosted a radio show before.
Another reason: ''I love Oprah a lot, and I'm excited with anything she's doing.''
Angelou will host an hourlong show that she hopes will be called ''Maya Angelou's America,'' although the title hasn't been decided. She plans to interview ordinary people -- and the ''famous and infamous'' -- asking what they think it means to be an American.
''It's amazing to hear people talk about the United States,'' she said. ''Many of us have not been asked to describe what it means to us. They hesitate and search for the words and search for what they really think. And that's very exciting.''
The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings joins Oprah Winfrey and others known from her show, such as Dr. Robin Smith, Nate Berkus and Gayle King, as on-air hosts for the ''Oprah & Friends'' channel.
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Another reason: ''I love Oprah a lot, and I'm excited with anything she's doing.''
Angelou will host an hourlong show that she hopes will be called ''Maya Angelou's America,'' although the title hasn't been decided. She plans to interview ordinary people -- and the ''famous and infamous'' -- asking what they think it means to be an American.
''It's amazing to hear people talk about the United States,'' she said. ''Many of us have not been asked to describe what it means to us. They hesitate and search for the words and search for what they really think. And that's very exciting.''
The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings joins Oprah Winfrey and others known from her show, such as Dr. Robin Smith, Nate Berkus and Gayle King, as on-air hosts for the ''Oprah & Friends'' channel.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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