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Books by Nikki Giovanni
  | | Make Me Rain Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2020 by William Morrow October 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-299528-5, ISBN: 0-06-299528-6 "As sharp and outspoken as ever, this artist long hailed as a healer and a sage returns with this profound book of poetry in which she continues to call attention to injustice and give readers an unfiltered look into the most private parts ..." |
 | | Love Poems(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1997 by William Morrow Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14989-5, ISBN: 0-688-14989-8 "In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers.Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tu ..." |
 | | Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-009953-4, ISBN: 0-06-009953-4 "“One of her best collections to date.” —EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has influenced literary figures from James Baldwin to Blackalicious, and touched millions of readers worldwide. In Quilting the Black ..." |
 | | Rosa(Reprint) by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2007 by Square Fish ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37602-4, ISBN: 0-312-37602-2 " Amazon.com's Significant SevenNikki Giovanni graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Amazon.com Significant Seven. Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life? A: No single book. The poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks was an impact, however. Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?A: S ..." |
 | | Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People(Updated) by Nikki Giovanni, George Ford, Virginia Hamilton Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 1993 by Chicago Review Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-55652-189-8, ISBN: 1-55652-189-8 "Twenty years after the release of the first edition of this bestseller, poet Nikki Giovanni has added 10 new poems to the 22 that made up the original collection. Powerfully illustrated by George Ford, Ego-Tripping captures the essence of the African-American experience in ways that have special relevance and appeal for adolescents." |
 | | The 100 Best African American Poems(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Sourcebooks Mediafusion ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-2111-8, ISBN: 1-4022-2111-8 "Hear voices contemporary and classic as selected by New York Times bestselling author Nikki Giovanni Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the impossible task of selecting the 100 best African American works from classic and contemporary poets. Out of necessity, Giovanni admits she cheats a little, selecting a larger, less round number. The result is this startlingly vibrant collection that spans f ..." |
 | | I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni, Ashley Bryan Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2018 by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Picture Book ISBN-13: 978-1-5344-0492-2, ISBN: 1-5344-0492-9 "Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish.There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual lay ..." |
 | | Bicycles(1st Edition) Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 102 Pages, Published 2009 by Williammr ISBN-13: 978-0-06-172645-3, ISBN: 0-06-172645-1 "In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An inst ..." |
 | | Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1980 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-688-08365-6, ISBN: 0-688-08365-X "A pivotal work in Nikki Giovanni's career, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day is one of the most poignant and intorspective of all Giovanni's collections. Moving from the emotionally fraught political arena to the intimate realm of the personal, the poems in this volume express a conflicted consciousness and the disillusionment shared by so many during the early 1970s, when the dreams of the Civil Rights era seemed to have evaporated. First ..." |
 | | Bicycles(Reprint) Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-172649-1, ISBN: 0-06-172649-4 " In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An i ..." |
 | | Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea(1st Edition) Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 110 Pages, Published 2002 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-06-009952-7, ISBN: 0-06-009952-6 "“One of her best collections to date.” —EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has influenced literary figures from James Baldwin to Blackalicious, and touched millions of readers worldwide. In Quilting the Black ..." |
 | | A Good Cry What We Learn From Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2017 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-06-239945-8, ISBN: 0-06-239945-4 "One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and gender, that touch our national consciousness. As ..." |
 | | On My Journey Now(1st Edition) Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals by Nikki Giovanni, Arthur C. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-4380-5, ISBN: 0-7636-4380-7 ""The intimate, unpretentious talk about familiar songs will grab readers, who will want to find out more about the inspiring history." — BOOKLIST (starred review)Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. Now, with the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through the words of songs such as ..." |
 | | Lincoln and Douglass(1st Edition) An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2013 by Square Fish ISBN-13: 978-1-250-01869-4, ISBN: 1-250-01869-2 "Our sixteenth president is known for many things: he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. He was tall and skinny and notoriously stern-looking. And he also had some very strong ideas about abolishing slavery, ideas which brought him into close contact with another very visible public figure: Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born a slave but escaped in 1838 and became one of the central ..." |
 | | Acolytes(1st Edition) Poems by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2007 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-06-123131-5, ISBN: 0-06-123131-2 "A collection of eighty all new poems, Acolytes is distinctly Nikki Giovanni, but different. Not softened, but more inspired by love, celebration, memories and even nostalgia. She aims her intimate and sparing words at family and friends, the deaths of heroes and friends, favorite meals and candy, nature, libraries, and theatre. But in between, the deep and edgy conscience that has defined her for decades shines through when she writes a ..." |
 | | Racism 101(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni, Nick Giovanni, Virginia C. Fowler Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1995 by Quill ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14234-6, ISBN: 0-688-14234-6 "In Racism 101, Nikki Giovanni indicts higher education for the inequities it perpetuates, contemplates the legacy of the 1960s, provides a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses (complete with razor-sharp comebacks to the dumb questions constantly asked of black students), and excoriates Spike Lee while offering her own ideas for a film about Malcolm X. And that's just for starters. She also writes about W.E.B ..." |
 | | Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 167 Pages, Published 1988 by William Morrow & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-688-04333-9, ISBN: 0-688-04333-X |
 | | My House by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1974 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-688-05021-4, ISBN: 0-688-05021-2 "Enter the world of Nikki Giovanni. Writing of mothers and their children, of childhood memories, of black leaders and black Africa, the poems in My House marked a new dimension in tone and philosophy for Nikki Giovanni when they first appeared at the beginning of her extraordinary career. Emotional and autobiographical, Nikki Giovanni personalizes the political--like no one else--and brings her house in all its complexity and glory to ..." |
 | | Blues(1st Edition) For All the Changes: New Poems by Nikki Giovanni . Hardcover, 100 Pages, Published 1999 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-688-15698-5, ISBN: 0-688-15698-3 "Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a career that has spanned three decades, Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celebrated and controversial poets; Gloria Naylor calls her "one of our national treasures." Now, in these fifty-two new poems, Giovanni brings the passion, fearless wit, and intensely ..." |
 | | Spin a Soft Black Song by Nikki Giovanni Published by Trumpet Club ISBN-13: 978-0-590-10376-3, ISBN: 0-590-10376-8 |
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