{"title":"Nikki Giovanni","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the powerful and evocative poetry of Nikki Giovanni, a vital voice in African American literature. From civil rights to personal reflections, discover collections that resonate with truth and passion. Start browsing now.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"collected-poetry-of-nikki-giovanni-1968-1999-book-nikki-giovanni-9780060724290","title":"The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures.\"--Gloria Naylor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStirring, provocative, and resonant, these poems heralded the arrival of an indelible literary voice that resounds to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified -- and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts.\" -- The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49506617098513,"sku":"CIN0060724293G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49889626587409,"sku":"CIN0060724293VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50484208468241,"sku":"GOR010831216","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983027835153,"sku":"NIN9780060724290","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52102597247249,"sku":"CIN0060724293A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52664968315153,"sku":"NLS9780060724290","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52765721264401,"sku":"GOR011659162","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060724293.jpg?v=1750875194"},{"product_id":"women-and-the-men-book-nikki-giovanni-9780688079475","title":"The Women and the Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Harlem rooftops to the drumbeats of the Congo, the poems in The Women and the Men display in full measure the gifts that have made Nikki Giovanni one of the most important, appealing, and broad-reaching American poets: her warmth, her conciseness, her passion, and her wit. First appearing between 1970 and 1975, the poems in this gemlike volume reflect the drastic change that took place--in both the consciousness of the nation and in the sould of the poet. From \"Ego Tripping\" to \"Poem for Flora\" and \"Africa,\" The Women and the Men is replete with the greatest hits of Nikki Giovanni's incredible oeuvre. With reverence to the ordinary and in search of the extraordinary, Nikki Giovanni, above all, displays here her caring for the people, things, and places she has observed and touched and captured.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a witness to three generations, Nikki Giovanni has perceptively and poetically recorded her observations of both the outside world and the gentle yet enigmatic territory of the self. When her poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960's, she immediately became a celebrated and controversial poet of the era. Written in one of the most commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic lanscape at the end of the twentieth century, Nikki Giovanni's poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which she is beloved and revered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49518485078289,"sku":"CIN0688079474G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50190712635665,"sku":"CIN0688079474A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50341898518801,"sku":"CIN0688079474VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0688079474.jpg?v=1750977923"},{"product_id":"those-who-ride-the-night-winds-book-nikki-giovanni-9780688026530","title":"Those Who Ride the Night Winds","description":"\u003cp\u003eNikki Giovanni, long known as \"the Princess of Black Poetry,\" dedicates Those Who Ride the Night Winds to \"the day trippers and midnight cowboys,\" the ones who have devoted their lives to pushing the limits of the human condition and who have shattered the constraints of the status quo to live life as a \"marvelous, transitory adventure.\" Included are poems about John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, as well as friends, lovers, mothers, and the poet herself. With reverence for the ordinary and in search of the extraordinary, Those Who Ride the Night Winds is Nikki Giovanni's most accessible collection ever. She displays her passion for and connectedness to the people and places that touch her. The reissue of Nikki Giovanni's seminal 1984 collection will once again enchant those who have always loved her poems--and those who are just getting to know her work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a witness to three generations, Nikki Giovanni has perceptively and poetically recorded her observations of both the outside world and the gentle yet enigmatic territory of the self. When her poems first emerged from the civil rights and Black Power movements in the late 1960s, she immediately became a celebrated and controversial figure. Written in one of the most commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century, Nikki Giovanni's poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which she is beloved and revered.\u003c\/p\u003e 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, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. There are poems about friends, lovers, mothers, and about the poet herself. \u003cp\u003eLong known as the \"Princess of Black Poetry,\" Nikki Giovanni is as alive and vibrant as ever. Her many readers will find once again in this collection the warmth, wit, passion, and caring about people that have always distinguished her work. Strong, direct, tremendously energetic, visionary, vulnerable, and real, these poems reveal a great spirit among us; a woman in her human dimension; a person all readers can identify with and believe in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49518587019537,"sku":"CIN0688026532G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50783813337361,"sku":"CIN0688026532VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53154641510673,"sku":"GOR014783493","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0688026532.jpg?v=1751393741"},{"product_id":"cotton-candy-on-a-rainy-day-book-nikki-giovanni-9780688083656","title":"Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 published in 1978, this classic will remind her readers why they were first drawn to Nikki Giovanni and enthrall new readers who are just now coming to these timeless poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a witness to three generations, Nikki Giovanni has perceptively and poetically recorded her observations of both the outside world and the gentle yet enigmatic territory of the self. When her poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately became a celebrated and controversial poet of the era. Written in one of the most commanding voices to grace America'ss political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century, Nikki Giovanni's poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which she is beloved and revered.\u003c\/p\u003e A pivotal work in Nikki Giovanni's career, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day is one of the most poignant and introspective 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 published in l978, this classic will remind her readers why they were first drawn to Nikki Giovanni and enthrall new readers who are just now coming to these timeless poems. \u003cp\u003eAs a witness to three generations, Nikki Giovanni has perceptively and poetically recorded her observations of both the outside world and the gentle yet enigmatic territory of the self. When her poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately became a celebrated and controversial poet of the era. Written in one of themost commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century, Nikki Giovanni's poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which she is beloved and revered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures. 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Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expresses notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected. 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This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e is a Caldecott Honor Book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49568327074065,"sku":"GOR008025635","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49711461237009,"sku":"CIN0805071067G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49926752928017,"sku":"CIN0805071067VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50957849329937,"sku":"CIN0805071067A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53508332028177,"sku":"GOR008707375","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0805071067.jpg?v=1750745903"},{"product_id":"rosa-book-nikki-giovanni-9780312376024","title":"Rosa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring account of an event that shaped American history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShe had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. 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This diverse anthology offers a vibrant tapestry of voices that echoes centuries of struggle, triumph, and profound insight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 100 Best African American Poems is a riveting exploration of African American life, culture, and history, as seen through the lens of poetry. The anthology spans different periods and styles, showcasing the richness and variety of African American poetic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom legendary poets like Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou to contemporary voices pushing the boundaries of poetic art, Giovanni's expertly curated selection provides a comprehensive view of the African American poetic tradition. 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