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Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry
Maya Angelou
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From her reflections on African American life and hardship in Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise, and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela (On the Pulse of Morning and His Day Is Done, respectively), every inspiring word of Maya Angelou's poetry is included in the pages of this volume.
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Praise for Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry
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One of the brightest lights of our time -- a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenalwomanThe poems and stories she wrote and read to us in her commanding voice were gifts of wisdomand wit, courage and grace . . . I will always be grateful for her electrifying reading of 'On the Pulseof Morning' at my first inaugural, and even more for all the years of friendship that followedThe world knows her as a poet but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. "When you learn,teach. When you get, give" is one of my best lessons from herYou will hear the regal woman, the mischievous street girl; you will hear the price of blackwoman's survival and you will hear of her generosity. Black, bitter, and beautiful, she speaks ofour survival
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