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Poet, firebrand, mother, radical, healer, and sage, Nikki Giovanni has always been celebrated for her inspired and courageous voice. For decades, she has spoken out on the sensitive issues—race and gender, violence and inequality—that touch our national consciousness.As energetic and insightful as ever, Nikki Giovanni now offers us an intimate and affecting look at her personal history and the hidden corners of her own heart. In A Good Cry, sh...

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Newbery Honoree Bryan has hand-selected a dozen poems by National Book Award winner Giovanni and added a visual layering that drums the most important message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: "You are loved." Includes a mirrored page. Full color.

Artemis dedicates the 2017 issue to internationally acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni, for her courage and lifetime commitment to social justice. Like the goddess Artemis, Nikki Giovanni serves as a beacon to those of us who believe in the power of artto bring light into the world. We at Artemis think of Nikki Giovanni as godmotherto this journal. From the 1980's until today, she has given generously of her time andtalent to nurture and support t...

Artemis dedicates the 2017 issue to internationally acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni, for her courage and lifetime commitment to social justice. Like the goddess Artemis, Nikki Giovanni serves as a beacon to those of us who believe in the power of artto bring light into the world. We at Artemis think of Nikki Giovanni as godmotherto this journal. From the 1980's until today, she has given generously of her time andtalent to nurture and support t...

The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a courageous activist who has spoken out on the sensitive issues that touch our national consciousness, including race and gender, social justice, protest, violence in the home and in the streets, and why black lives matter. One of America's most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a ru...

In an inspiring account of the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the award-winning team behind "Rosa" join forces once more to offer a glimpse into the shared bond between two great American leaders during a turbulent time in history. Full color.

Quiet . . .like a quilt on a feather bed . . .and frost on the window . . .we write our names knowing . . .the sun will melt them offBut the sun is so quiet . . .that we don't carewe smile-from Connie by Nikki GiovanniThe quiet and noisy, wintery and sometimes sunny poems in The Sun Is So Quiet will always make you smile. Nikki Giovanni describes riding rainbows, tiptoeing through strawberry patches, licking chocolaty fingers, snuggling under ...

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The complete early work of the renowned African-American poet. "Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures.”—Gloria Naylor This omnibus includes her first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: 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. A timeless classic, it is both a reflection of the changes in her own li...

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 S...

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 most commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century.

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.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a healer and as a national treasure. But Giovanni’s heart resides in the everyday, where family and lovers gath...

A resonant, powerful collection fromone of America’s preeminent poets.In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns herpen to nature and the environment, the might and grace ofwomen, her battle with cancer, the relationships betweenmothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.

Easily one of [Giovanni's] most powerful offerings to date." -- Essence

A collection of 50 new poems, sketches, and meditations, this is quintessential Giovanni, one of the most celebrated and prolific artists of modern times. Edgy, unapologetic, and intimate, she charts new territory, turning her pen to popular culture and life in America.Unabridged. 2 CDs.

Collected in one volume for the first time, the prose of Nikki Giovanni comes alive in this group of essays, articles, meditations, and recollections.