Poems

by Maya Angelou

Overview

Includes four poetry collections: "Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie", "Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well", "And still I rise", and "Shaker, why don't you sing?"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553255768
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	181,207
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

Hometown:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Date of Birth:

April 4, 1928

Place of Birth:

St. Louis, Missouri

Education:

High school in Atlanta and San Francisco

Editorial Reviews

"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.

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