Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - "Letter to My Daughter" ko te pukapuka tuatoru o ngā tuhinga a Maya Angelou. I whakaputaina e ia etahi pukapuka waiata, tae atu ki a "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'before I Diiie" (1971), i tohua mo te Tohu Pulitzer. I korerotia e ia tana waiata, "I runga i te Pulse o te ata", i te whakatūnga
Ko ia te kaitoi tuatahi ki te whakatakoto i tētahi kōrero whakatūnga mai i a Robert Frost i te whakatūnga o John F. Kennedy i te tau 1961. I te tau 2009, i te wa i whakaputaina ai te "Letter", kua whakaputaina e Angelou e ono o ana waahanga e whitu o tana raupapa o nga korero mo te koiora. Ko tana pukapuka whaiaro tuaono, "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" (2002), i whakaarohia ko tana pukapuka whaiaro whakamutunga tae noa ki tana whakaputanga i tana pukapuka whaiaro tuawhitu, "Mom & Me & Mom", i te tau 2013, i te 85 o ona tau.