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Black Pearls: The Poetry of Maya Angelou ()

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  1. No, No, No, No
  2. I Will Last
  3. The Calling of Names
  4. Letter to an Aspiring Junkie
  5. Sepia Fashion Show
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  1. No, No, No, No
  2. I Will Last
  3. The Calling of Names
  4. Letter to an Aspiring Junkie
  5. Sepia Fashion Show
  6. On Working White Liberals
  7. Homewrecker's Lament (They Went Home)
  8. Re: Revolt
  9. The Thirteens (Black)
  10. The Thirteens (White)
  11. Miss Scarlett, Mr. Rhett and Other Latterday Saints
  12. Harlem Hopscotch
  13. My Guilt
  14. No Loser, No Weeper
  15. A Dirge for Thanksgiving and Christmas
  16. When I Think About Myself
  17. Black Incense
  18. Burnt Umber
  19. Black Ode
  20. To a Freedom Fighter
  21. To a Husband
  22. All Alone
  23. Song of Insecurity (Senses of Insecurity)
  24. The Gamut
  25. When You Come to Me
  26. To a Man
  27. Faces
  28. Remembering
  29. In a Time
  30. Tears
  31. The Detached
  32. My Life Has Turned to Blue
  33. Let's Majeste
  34. On Diverse Deviations
  35. Poem III (Mourning Grace)
  36. Accident
  37. Poem I (Sounds Like Pearls)
  38. Tell Me
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Black Pearls: The Poetry of Maya Angelou is a reissue of the 1969 album The Poetry of Maya Angelou, which finds the poet reading 33 poems, most of which are featured in her book Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die. There are five musical interludes by Ed Bland scattered throughout the record, but the primary appeal of the record, of course, is Angelou's poetry, and this record contains some impassioned readings of several of her finest poems. The reissue includes the original liner notes by James Baldwin, plus ...

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