"A Song Flung Up to Heaven" (2002) is the sixth of Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies, and at the time of its publication it was considered to be the final installment. It was completed 16 years after the publication of her previous autobiography, "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" (1986) and over thirty years after the publication of her first, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Angelou wrote two collections of essays in the interim, "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" (1993) and "Even the Stars Look Lonesome" (1997), which writer Hilton Als called her "wisdom books" and "homilies strung together with autobiographical texts". She also continued her poetry with several volumes, including a collection of her poems, "The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou" (1994). In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Her recitation resulted in more fame and recognition for her previous works, and broadened her appeal "across racial, economic, and educational boundaries".