> In response to her new detractors, she unapologetically stated that she undertook the Hallmark enterprise because she wanted her work read and put in the hand

> In response to her new detractors, she unapologetically stated that she undertook the Hallmark enterprise because she wanted her work read and put in the hands of people who did not buy books. The Hallmark Card medium is extremely demanding in terms of not only brevity but clarity. Angelou was setting herself up to write something compelling for a mass audience.