num_pages: 52
description: A two-part anthology of poetry reflects on a black woman's experiences in America in "Where Love Is a Scream of Anguish," which interweaves poems of love, nostalgia, and memory, and "Just Before the World Ends," about the inherent confrontations of a racial society. Read by Maya Angelou. Book available.
language: English
title: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
titlecomplete: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
genres: Literature, Feminism, Classics, Poetry Plays, African American, Biography, Poetry, Race, Black Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1066
publisher: Bantam Books