Nikki Giovanni Best Poems - April 2024

The 100 Best African American Poems

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 from historic to modern, from structured to freeform, and reflects the rich roots and visionary future of African American verse. These magnetic poems are an exciting mix of most-loved... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1402221118
• UPC: 760789225604
• ASIN: 1402221118
• ISBN: 9781402221118
• Brand: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks MediaFusion

A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

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 energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own hear... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062399454
• ASIN: 0062399454
• ISBN: 0062399454
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 (P.S.)

This omnibus covers Nikki Giovanni's complete work of poetry from 1967–1983. THE COLLECTED POETRY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI will include the complete volumes of five adult books of poetry: Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgement, My House, The Women and the Men, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, and Those Who Ride the Night Winds. Nikki self–published her first book Black Feeling, Black Talk/BlackJudgement in 1969, selling 10,000 copies; William Morrow published in 1970. Know for its iconic revolutionary phrases, it is heralded as one of the most important volumes of modern African–Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060724293
• ASIN: 0060724293
• ISBN: 0060724293
• Brand: Giovanni, Nikki/ Fowler, Virginia C. (INT)
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Love Poems

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 Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered.Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0688149898
• ASIN: 0688149898
• ISBN: 0688149898
• Brand: Giovanni, Nikki
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995

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.From the revolutionary "The Great Pax Whitie" and "Poem for Aretha" to the sublime "Ego Tripping" and the tender "My House," these 150 mind-speaking, truth-telling poems are at once powerful ye... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0688140475
• ASIN: 0688140475
• ISBN: 0688140475
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Bicycles: Love Poems

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 instant classic, that book—romantic, bold, and erotic—expressed notions of love in ways that were delightfully unexpected. In the years that followed, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061726494
• ASIN: 0061726494
• ISBN: 0061726494
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Spin a Soft Black Song: Poems for Children

A favorite collection of thirty-five poems for and about black children celebrates the energy and joy of life.

• ASIN: 0374464693
• ASIN: 0374464693
• ISBN: 0374464693
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

I Like Summer Best

• ASIN: B000X33STO
• ASIN: B000X33STO
• Manufacturer: I AM Music Online

Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD) (A Poetry Speaks Experience)

New York Times Bestseller! In the tradition of Poetry Speaks, the anthology named a Best Book of 2002 by School Library Journal, and praised by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "a volume to delight longtime lovers of poetry and to spark new love for poetry, especially among the young," Sourcebooks MediaFusion is proud to introduce the joy of the written and spoken word in Poetry Speaks to Children.Parents, educators, librarians, and poetry enthusiasts have wondered for years how to get children really interested in poetry. Until now, there hasn't been a collection of poems and poets that spok... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1402203292
• UPC: 760789208591
• ASIN: 1402203292
• ISBN: 1402203292
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks MediaFusion

Black Feeling Black Talk

Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-American poetry. This book, electrifying generations with its revolutionary phrases and inspiring them with such Nikki Giovanni masterpieces as the lyrical "Nikki-Rosa" and the intimate "Knoxville, Tennessee," is the seminal volume of Nikki Giovanni's body of work. Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement made Nikki Giovanni famous in 1968, and this reissue of her classic will enthrall those who have always adored her poems--and those who are just getting to know her work.As a witness to th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 068825294X
• ASIN: 068825294X
• ISBN: 068825294X
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

From one of America’s most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni, comes this poignant collection of poetry that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share with those closest to us.“This slim volume delights on every page. There are stories, imaginings, whimsy, and startling images which prove the poet’s power and her command of language . . . Anyone with a love of language will be delighted with this book and the continuing publication of America’s treasured poet.”—San Francisco Book ReviewThe poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00D185EYA
• ASIN: B00D185EYA
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Genie in the Jar

Nikki Giovanni spins her words into beautiful images of black songs and black looms, and inspires us all to trust our own hearts.

• ASIN: 0805060766
• ASIN: 0805060766
• ISBN: 0805060766
• Brand: Brand: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Those Who Ride the Night Winds: Poems

Nikki Giovanni is our most widely read living black poet, and in her most accessible collection to date, we become aware of the poet as a human being we can relate to, someone affected by and concerned with events. The title of this collection refers to people who have tried to make changes, people who have gone against the tide, people who were unafraid to test their wings. Included are poems about John Lennon, Billie Jean King, Martin Luther King,]r., and Robert Kennedy. There are poems about friends, lovers, mothers, and about the poet herself. Long known as the "Princess of Black Poetry," ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004FAO5Z2
• ASIN: B004FAO5Z2
• Manufacturer: Willliam Morrow, 1983

Court of the Diverse Mermaids [Original]: A Body Positive, Multi-Ethnic Adult Coloring Book

Court of the Diverse Mermaids was created in order to foster increased appreciation for ethnic diversity in fantasy and art, and even more importantly, appreciation and embrasure of the many iterations the female form can and does take throughout the course of a woman's life. The female body can come in so many different shapes and sizes, but only a narrow few are regularly celebrated in most forms of mainstream media. Herein is presented an opportunity to imagine sirens of larger, curvier dispositions: bodies with hips and stomachs and rolls as well as more muscled, toned and slender forms. T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0578409275
• ASIN: 0578409275
• ISBN: 0578409275
• Manufacturer: Blacksnow Publications

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Looking for the perfect gift? Need some retail therapy for yourself? Look no further! This premium stainless steel drinking hip flask is the perfect choice! It is designed and printed in the USA.

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• ASIN: B07PRKX9PX
• Brand: Shine On
• Manufacturer: Shine On

Love Poems

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

• UPC: 371105
• Rating: 5.0

100 Best African American Poems, The

Award-winning poet and writer Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary

• UPC: 12337656
• Rating: 4.0

The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni

One of America's hottest and most controversial poets since the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni has been a teacher, mother, activist, and the unflagging poet of more than 13 poetry collections. This volume of her impeccably chosen,

• UPC: 25668704

Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

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

• UPC: 25651914
• Rating: 3.0

Nikki Giovanni: A Good Cry & Love Poems

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• UPC: 56185304

Spin a Soft Black Song : Poems for Children

A favorite collection of thirty-five poems for and about black children celebrates the energy and joy of life. "Martins' black-and-white drawings exude action and feeling, and the elements he chose to illustrate are perceptive and

• UPC: 25458753

Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea : Poems and Not Quite Poems

A collection of 50 new poems, sketches, and meditations charts new territory, including popular culture and life in America, the poet's own battle with illness, relationships between mothers and their children, legendary historical figures, the

• UPC: 14673315
• Rating: 5.0

Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry - Audiobook

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

• UPC: 788374130

Love Poems - eBook

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

• UPC: 188688789
• Rating: 5.0

Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People - eBook

Insightful and fun, this collection of poetry captures the essence of the African American experience for young

• UPC: 971070861
• Rating: 3.0

Nikki GIOVANNI / 100* BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN POEMS *But I Cheated 2010

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• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
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The 100 Best African American Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2010, Mixed Media)

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• Category: Fiction & Literature
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The 100 Best African American Poems by Nikki Giovanni: Used

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The 100 Best African American Poems [Hardcover] Giovanni, Nikki

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The 100 Best African American Poems [With CD (Audio)]: (But I Cheated) by Nikki

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The 100 Best African American Poems: By Nikki Giovanni - VG

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