The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 /

The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Giovanni, Nikki, author.
Uniform title:	Poems. Selections
Edition:	First Harper Perennial edition.
Imprint:	New York : HarperPerennial, [2007] ©2003
Description:	xli, 452, 18 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Harper Perennial modern classics Harper Perennial modern classics.
Subject:	African American women -- Poetry. African American women poetry. Poetry Poetry.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13532320

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Varying Form of Title:	Nikki Giovanni
Other uniform titles:	Fowler, Virginia C., 1948- Giovanni, Nikki. Black feeling black talk. Giovanni, Nikki. Black judgement. Giovanni, Nikki. Re:creation. Giovanni, Nikki. My house. Giovanni, Nikki. Women and the men. Giovanni, Nikki. Cotton candy on a rainy day. Giovanni, Nikki. Those who ride the night winds.
ISBN:	9780060724290 0060724293
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape.

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Summary:	Ackowledged by Oprah WInfrey as "one of the 25 women who changed her life," Nikki Giovanni is a living legend. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, Giovanni immediately became one of the most celebrated, controversial, and influential poets of the era. Today, Giovanni remains one of the most commanding and luminous voices to grace our political and poetic landscape. 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 timeles classic, it is both a refelction of the changes in her own life and an evocation of a nation's past and its present.
Physical Description:	xli, 452, 18 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9780060724290 0060724293