The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni - 1968-1998

From one of America''s most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni''s early work! "Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures."--Gloria Naylor When Nikki Giovanni''s poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and controversial artists of our time. More than 50 years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America''s political and poetic landscape. This timeless classic brings readers Nikki Giovanni''s poems from 1967 to 1983, from her books 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 . Stirring, provocative, and resonant, these poems heralded the arrival of an indelible literary voice that resounds to this day.

A propos de l'auteur

Nikki Giovanni (1943–2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, the Frost Medal, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species—Micronycteris giovanniae—was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Nikki Giovanni, Giovanni Nikki
• Edition: William Morrow
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 23.01.2007
• EAN: 9780060724290
• ISBN: 978-0-06-072429-0
• Pages: 512
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 23 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Biography: general, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Poetry anthologies (various poets), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, POETRY: POETS: C TO I, POETRY: American / African American & Black, POETRY: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: POETRY, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: POETRY, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, African American Studies / Poetry, Poetry / Poets: C to I, Harper Perennial Classics / Poetry