| The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 Contributor(s): Giovanni, Nikki (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060724293 ISBN-13: 9780060724290 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: For the first time gathered in one volume comes the complete poetry collection of work by Nikki Giovanni. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Women Authors - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The complete early work of the renowned African-American poet. "Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures."--Gloria Naylor This omnibus includes her first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: Black Feeling Black Talk; Black Judgement; Re: Creation; My House; The Women and the Men; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; and Those Who Ride the Night Winds. A timeless classic, it is both a reflection of the changes in her own life and an evocation of a nation's past and its present. |
Contributor Bio(s): Giovanni, Nikki: - Nikki Giovanni, poet, activist, mother, and professor, is a seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, among many other honors. The author of twenty-eight books and a Grammy nominee for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, she is the University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. |