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  • The 100 Best African American Poems

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

    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 num... [Read More]

  • A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

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

    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... [Read More]

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

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

    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–publi... [Read More]

  • Love Poems

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

    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,"... [Read More]

  • The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995

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

    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 ... [Read More]

  • Bicycles: Love Poems

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

    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. W... [Read More]

  • Spin a Soft Black Song: Poems for Children

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

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

  • I Like Summer Best

    • ASIN: B000X33STO
    • Manufacturer: I AM Music Online

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

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

    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 w... [Read More]

  • Black Feeling Black Talk

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

    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 Giova... [Read More]

  • Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

    • ASIN: B00D185EYA
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

    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 c... [Read More]

  • The Genie in the Jar

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

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

  • Those Who Ride the Night Winds: Poems

    • ASIN: B004FAO5Z2
    • Manufacturer: Willliam Morrow, 1983

    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 un... [Read More]

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

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

    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 ... [Read More]

  • got giovanni? - Black 8oz Hip Drinking Alcohol Flask

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

    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.

  • got giovanni? - Stainless Steel 12oz Camping Mug, Black

    • ASIN: B07NCB1VLR
    • Brand: Molandra Products
    • Size: 12 ounce
    • Manufacturer: Molandra Products

    When you are feeling saucy and you need something to say it without saying it, grab this camping mug and fill it with your favorite liquid. It should be alcohol but if that is not your fancy, do as you please.

  • The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Third Edition) (Vol. Two Volume Set)

    • ASIN: 0393911551
    • ISBN: 0393911551
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses. The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms―from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and me... [Read More]

  • Just For You! (24 Book Bundle)

    • ASIN: B00XK7IV9M

    From Book 1: Sharing a game of basketball ... a movie about ninjas... How would you spend a day with Daddy? Reading Level 2 (grade 1). Includes tips for reading with a parent, plus after-reading activities!

  • In Search of the Perfect Mascara

    • ASIN: B00REK5YUA

    Kellye Patrice Carter has a way of expressing the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. Her voice is authentic and descriptive. She has a way of capturing everyday experiences through reflective thought and shaping that thought into beautiful word paintings. In Search of the Perfect Mascara illuminate the metaphors of living though thought provoking... [Read More]

  • Honey peppered tongue

    • ASIN: 1530581451
    • ISBN: 1530581451
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Honey peppered tongue, is vernacular for dry bones, heavy wings, starved souls, loud scars, dead skin, wilted petals, still tears, bare hearts, and quiet voices. It is permission to hurt, heal and still become a full breath as a woman and a passage for rebirth and returning to self.

  • Why Not the Right Thing the First Time | Nikki Giovanni | TEDxHerndon

    A GOOD CRY by Poet Laureate, Nikki Giovanni

    Nikki Giovanni - Like A Ripple On A Pond (1973)