Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

$8.99

Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

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Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

Name: Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
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ISBN: 9780553255768

by Maya Angelou

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Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of our time.

"The wisdom, rue and humor of her storytelling are borne on a lilting rhythm completely her own, the product of a born writer's senses nourished on black church singing and preaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk, and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki." -- "The New York Times Book Review."

"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival." -- James Baldwin.

Publisher:: Bantam
ISBN:: 9780553255768
Binding:: Mass Market Paperbound
Pages:: 224
Authors:: Maya Angelou
Published Date:: 1996-01-01
Language:: English

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About Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She read her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993, becoming the first Black woman to deliver an inaugural poem. Her poetry collections include Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (Random House, 1971) and I Shall Not Be Moved (Random House, 1990). Her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Random House, 1969) is widely taught in American schools. She held a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

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