Life Doesn't Frighten Me: A Poetry Picture Book Cover:Hardcover from the New York Times bestselling 9780063210196 from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming Tani won the New York State chess championship This brilliant introduction to poetry and contemporary art features brief biographies of Angelou and Basquiat and an afterword from the editor The glorious picture book Life Doesn’t Frighten Me features the work of two legendary artists—poet Maya Angelou and artist Jean Michel Basquiat—“a powerful exploration of emotion and its expression through the careful blend of words and art” (School Library Journal)