The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1999 by Nikki Giovanni

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1999 by Nikki Giovanni

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 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.

"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

Lincoln and Douglass, Spin a Soft Black Song, The Sun Is So Silent, and the Caldecott Honor Book Rosa are all written by Nikki Giovanni. Her autobiography, Gemini, was a National Book Award finalist, and she has won NAACP Image Awards for several of her novels. She was the first person to receive the Rosa L. Parks has received the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry and the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award.