Giovanni, Nikki

Overview

Works:	327 works in 700 publications in 1 language and 51,349 library holdings
Roles:	Compiler, Performer, Speaker, Interviewee, Musician, Editor
Classifications:	PS3557.I55, 811.54

Publication Timeline

1960 |

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Publications about Nikki Giovanni

Publications by Nikki Giovanni

Most widely held works about Nikki Giovanni

Gemini: an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
Racism 101 by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
Nikki Giovanni by Virginia C Fowler ( Book )
Acolytes by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
A poetic equation: conversations between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )

Southern women writers : the new generation ( Book )
I know what the red clay looks like : the voice and vision of Black women writers by Rebecca Carroll ( Book )
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
Naked and fiery forms : modern American poetry by women : a new tradition by Suzanne Juhasz ( Book )
The prosaic soul of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
Contemporary Black American poets and dramatists ( Book )
Nikki Giovanni, poet of the people by Judith Pinkerton Josephson ( Book )
Nikki Giovanni in the classroom : "the same ol danger but a brand new pleasure" by Carol Jago ( Book )
Nikki Giovanni : a literary biography by Virginia C Fowler ( Book )
Nikki Giovanni : from revolution to revelation by Anna T Robinson ( Book )
Truth is on its way by Nikki Giovanni ( Recording )
Like a ripple on a pond by Nikki Giovanni ( Recording )
Black women writers (1950-1980) : a critical evaluation by Mari Evans ( Book )
Poetry criticism, excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature ( Book )
Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Nikki Giovanni

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
12 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in English and held by 3,628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today. She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask "Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, "No." An inspiring account of an event that shaped American history. Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture-book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. 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

The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
9 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 1,861 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape

Spin a soft Black song : poems for children by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
20 editions published between 1971 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A poetry collection which recounts the feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves

Black feeling, Black talk, Black judgement by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
31 editions published between 1968 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The seminal volume of Nikki Giovanni's body of work."--Cover

Cotton candy on a rainy day : poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
17 editions published between 1978 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Giovanni's most introspective and personal collection of poems to date

The women and the men by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
9 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forty-two poems written between 1970 to 1975

Sacred cows-- and other edibles by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 1,457 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Autobiographical essays and articles."

Ego-tripping and other poems for young people by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
15 editions published between 1973 and 1994 in English and held by 1,442 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of poems which have relevance and appeal for young readers

Quilting the black-eyed pea : poems and not quite poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
6 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 50 new poems, sketches, and meditations charts new territory, including popular culture and life in America, the poet's own battle with illness, relationships between mothers and their children, legendary historical figures, the South, the recent terrorist attacks, and Giovanni's own childhood. When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and influential poets of the era. Now, Giovanni continues to stand as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape. When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and influential poets of the era. Now, Giovanni continues to stand as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape. In a career spanning over thirty years, Giovanni has created a body of work that's become vital and essential to our American consciousness. This collection of new poems is a masterpiece that explores the ecstatic union between self and community. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is an extraordinarily intimate collection. Each poem bears our revered cultural icon's trademark of the unfalteringly political and the intensely personal: The elegant "What We Miss" exalts the might and grace of women, while "Swinging on a Rainbow" rejoices about the spaces in which we read Giovanni commemorates Africa and her family legacy in the majestic "Symphony of the Sphinx" and contemplates our America in the heartbreaking "Desperate Acts" and "9:11:01 He Blew It." And in the dreamy "Making James Baldwin" and dazzling "Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea," Giovanni gives us reason to comfort, to share, to love, to change and to be human. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is Nikki Giovanni's meditation on humanity and soul. It's her revelatory gaze at the world in which we live -- and her confession on the world she dreams we will one day call home. Nikki Giovanni is a national treasure as she once again confirms her place as one of America's most powerful truth tellers and beloved daughters

My house; poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
1 edition published in 1972 in English and held by 1,345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book marked a new dimension in tone and philosophy-personal and autobiographical rather than political; it is also lively, loving, witty, and occasionally tough-minded

Love poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in English and held by 1,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 controversial 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 Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered. Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expresses notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected. Articulating in sensuous verse what we know only instinctively, Nikki Giovanni once again confirms her place as one of our nation's most distinguished poets and powerful truth-tellers. In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, starting with her explosive early years in the Black Rights Movement, Nikki Giovanni has earned a reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Her mind-speaking work has made her a universal favorite and a number-one best-seller. The love poems-the revolutionary Seduction, the whimsical I Wrote a Good Omelet, and the tender My House to name just a few-are among the most beloved of all Nikki Giovanni's works. Now, Love Poems brings together these and other favorites with over twenty new poems. Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems will once again confirm Nikki Giovanni's place among the country's most renowned poets and truth tellers

Blues : for all the changes : new poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
2 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 1,221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of fifty-two poems by African-American poet Nikki Giovanni

Those who ride the night winds by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
6 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 1,181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a selection of poetry dedicated to individuals who were unafraid of trying to make changes or of going against the tide, with poems about friends, lovers, mother,the poet herself, and notable personalities

Bicycles : love poems by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
5 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, the author 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. With this volume she has collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. That book, romantic, bold, and erotic, expressed notions of love in ways that were delightful and unexpected. In the years that followed, the author experienced losses both public and private. A mother's passing, a sister's, too. A massacre on the campus at which she teaches. And just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, she rediscovered love, what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love, and all its manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart, is distilled and presented in poetic form -- From book jacket

Hip hop speaks to children : a celebration of poetry with a beat ( Book )
5 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
More than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat

Shimmy shimmy shimmy like my sister Kate : looking at the Harlem Renaissance through poems ( Book )
2 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 937 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes poems by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka, with commentary and a discussion of the development of African American arts known as the Harlem Renaissance

A dialogue by James Baldwin ( Book )
8 editions published between 1973 and 1975 in English and held by 915 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thanks to the television program Soul!, a remarkable encounter between two of America's foremost Black writers was aired on public TV. Here, the transcript of that meeting between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni forms an engrossing document. Probing, searching, made dramatic by the recognition of sudden, subtle levels of confrontation, the Baldwin/Giovanni exchange is a freewheeling conversation ranging over many topics. A Dialogue explores problems facing Americans, black and white, as well as troubles besetting the world. Representing two different generations, the two writers discussed, argued, and communicated some painful truths. Addressing themselves particularly to the changing roles of men and women in modern society, they paid special attention to the consequences of these new modes of behavior on the already complex relationship between the Black man and the Black woman. The talk is stimulating, provocative, deeply felt, making this dialogue a rare, shared experience for the reader. --From publisher description

The 100 best African American poems : (*but I cheated) ( Book )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 898 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains one hundred poems from classic and contemporary African American poets, as selected by an award-winning black poet and activist, including such writers as Robert Hayden, Mari Evans, Kevin Young, and Rita Dove

On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the spirituals by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
4 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the words of 46 spirituals."--From source other than the Library of Congress

The genie in the jar by Nikki Giovanni ( Book )
4 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in English and held by 769 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this hymn to the power of art and of love, the words create images of black songs and black loom, inspiring readers to trust their hearts

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