Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1993, Angelou ta karanta wakarta mai suna "On the Pulse of Morning"
a cikin mako mai zuwa, tallace-tallace na ayyukanta, ciki har da "The Heart of a Woman", ya tashi da 300<unk>600 bisa dari. Bantam Books ya buga kwafi 400,000 na littattafanta don biyan buƙata. Random House, wanda ya buga littattafan Angelou da waƙar a ƙarshen wannan shekarar, ya ba da rahoton cewa sun sayar da littattafanta da yawa a cikin Janairu 1993 fiye da yadda suka yi a cikin 1992, wanda ke nuna ƙaruwa na kashi 1,200. A cikin 1997, abokiyar Angelou Oprah Winfrey ta sanya "Zuciyar Mace" a matsayin zaɓi a cikin kulob din littafinta, yana mai da shi mafi kyawun sayarwa kuma yana haɓaka ɗab'inta gaba ɗaya zuwa fiye da kwafi miliyan ɗaya, shekaru goma sha shida bayan buga shi.