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Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni (1996, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100688140475

ISBN-139780688140472

eBay Product ID (ePID)731640

Product Key Features

Book TitleSelected Poems of Nikki Giovanni

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicWomen Authors, American / African American, General

GenrePoetry, Literary Collections

AuthorNikki Giovanni

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-031646

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal811/.54

Synopsis"If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified -- and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts." -- The Washington Post, When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and controversial poets of the era. Finally, here is the first compilation of Nikki Giovanni's poetry. It is the testimony of a life's work from one of the commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century. From the revolutionary "The Great Pax Whitie" and "Poem for Aretha" to the sublime "Ego Tripping" and the tender "My House," these 150 mind-speaking, truth-telling poems are at once powerful yet sensual, angry yet affirming. Arranged chronologically, they reflect the changes Giovanni has endured as a Black woman, lover, mother, teacher, and poet. Here is the evocation of a nation's past and present -- intensely personal and fiercely political -- from one of our most compassionate, outspoken observers.

LC Classification NumberPS3557.I55A6 1996