The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni

by Nikki Giovanni

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688140475
• ISBN13: 9780688140472
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Living Legend

Through a mandatory school project, I was introduced to one of the most prolific and true-to-life literary legends. Giovanni's work is the purest translation of real life into written word that I have ever read. Easily one of my favorite writers

Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

I've never really been into poetry, but decided to "broaden my horizons." I enjoyed this work very much. It was so real; so fresh; so true to me. I had always heard about Nikki Giovanni's writing, and now I'm sold...on her and on poetry.

A Collection Not To Be Missed.

Happily, Maya Angelou isn't the only Black female to grace modern poetry's stage. Nikki Giovanni speaks with a voice informed by her multiple roles as Black woman, lover, mother, teacher, and poet. This collection of 150 poems is arranged chronologically and covers her work from 1968 to the present. Who knows? Maybe the next president will ask Giovanni to compose his inaugural poem! Be sure to check out two other compelling collections: "And Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and "Selected Poems" by Rita Dove, America's Poet Laureate