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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know ...
- Maya Angelou
- United States
- 1971
- English
1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie. Angelou was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s, was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin
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Yet Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, which was published in 1971, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1972. According to Carol Neubauer in Southern Women Writers, “the first twenty poems describe the whole gamut of love, from the first moment of passionate discovery to the first suspicion of painful loss.”
Sep 28, 2012 · Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie. by. Maya Angelou. Publication date. 1997. Publisher. Random House. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Aug 23, 2010 · Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie -- Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well -- And still I rise
Apr 10, 2013 · April 10, 2013 | ISBN 9780307833273. Amazon Apple Books Barnes & Noble Books A Million Google Play Store Kobo. Excerpt. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie. PART ONE. Where Love Is a Scream of Anguish. They Went Home. They went home and told their wives, that never once in all their lives, had they known a girl like me, But …
About Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie. 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.
