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Loading... The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 (P.S.)by Nikki Giovanni
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. What I found fascinating about this work is that you can truly see Giovanni's growth as a poet, not only in voice and strength of language, but in topics of choice. Because of that alone, I'd say it's worth the read for any aspiring poet (or even writer in general). From solely a reader's perspective, my feelings are a bit more mixed. Some of her simpler poems here feel more like mini-essays or brainstorms, and less finished than what I generally prefer. Yet, there are those poems (and quite a few of them) that beg for rereading, that I'll go back to again and again. And there are those which I've taught (most notably "Adulthood" and "Nikki-Rosa") which first drew me in, and which I've seen engage students and draw forth discussion over and over again. Lastly, and most surprisin on a personal note, I discovered I very much enjoy her few love poems. It seems that the poets who rarely write love poems write them most strikingly--perhaps because they're more aware of the dangers--but regardless, Giovanni's stand out. In closing, I recommend this to readers and perhaps especially writers of poetry, definately Teachers of poetry--there will admittedly be poems here you think nothing of, but there will be others that make this a worthwhile journey, whoever you are. (  ) whitewavedarling | Aug 20, 2008 |  I bought this at a book signing. I'm really not into poetry. (  ) Araya05 | Jun 16, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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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–American poetry and is considered the seminal volume of Nikki's body of work.
My House (Morrow 1972) marks a new dimension in tone and philosphy––This is Giovanni's first foray into the autobiographical.
In The Women and the Men (Morrow 1975), Nikki displays her compassion for the people, things and places she has encountered––She reveres the ordinary and is in search of the extraordinary.
Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day (Morrow 1978) is one of the most poignant and introspective of all Giovanni's collections. These poems chronicle the drastic change that took place during the 1970s––when the dreams of the Civil Rights era seemed to have evaporated.
Those Who Ride the Night Winds (Morrow 1983) is devoted to "the day trippers and midnight cowboys," the ones who have devoted their lives to pushing the limits of the human condition and shattered the constraints of the stautus quo.
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