Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die - Hardcover

Angelou, Maya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394471423 ISBN 13: 9780394471426

Publisher: Random House, 1971

Synopsis

Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Maya Angelou was one of the world's most important writers and activists. Born 4 April 1928, she lived and chronicled an extraordinary life: rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights' activist - working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King - and memoirist. She wrote and performed a poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning', for President Clinton on his inauguration; she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and was honoured by more than seventy universities throughout the world.She first thrilled the world with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). This was followed by six volumes of autobiography, the seventh and final volume, Mom & Me & Mom, published in 2013. She wrote three collections of essays; many volumes of poetry, including His Day is Done, a tribute to Nelson Mandela; and two cookbooks. She had a lifetime appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University of North Carolina. Dr Angelou died on 28 May 2014.

Review:

Maya Angelou liberates and exhilarates through her magical, lyrical, mystical medium - poetry * MARY BRYCE, TRIBUNE * It is true poetry she is writing . . . it has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity * M.F.K. Fisher * Maya Angelou writes from the heart and her language rings clear and true . . . Whether joyful, sad or playful, her poems speak with delicacy and depth of feeling * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival * James BALDWIN *

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0394471423
• ISBN 13: 9780394471426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48