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Poems - by Maya Angelou (Paperback)

Poems - by  Maya Angelou (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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?"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart andcelebrates life as only she has discovered it. Inthis moving volume of poetry, we hear themulti-faceted voice of one of the most powerful andvibrant writers of our time."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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." -- <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>. <p/>"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival." -- James Baldwin.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Maya Angelou</b> was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including <i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i> and <i>The Heart of a Woman, </i> she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them <i>Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, </i> and <i>Mother</i>. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

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