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Books by Nikki Giovanni
  | | Rosa(Reprint) by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2007 by Square Fish ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37602-4, ISBN: 0-312-37602-2 " Amazon.com's Significant SevenNikki Giovanni graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Amazon.com Significant Seven. Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life? A: No single book. The poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks was an impact, however. Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?A: S ..." |
 | | Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea(1st Edition) Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 110 Pages, Published 2002 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-06-009952-7, ISBN: 0-06-009952-6 "“One of her best collections to date.” —EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has influenced literary figures from James Baldwin to Blackalicious, and touched millions of readers worldwide. In Quilting the Black ..." |
 | | Love Poems(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1997 by William Morrow Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14989-5, ISBN: 0-688-14989-8 "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 Tu ..." |
 | | Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People(Updated) by Nikki Giovanni, George Ford, Virginia Hamilton Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 1993 by Chicago Review Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-55652-189-8, ISBN: 1-55652-189-8 "Twenty years after the release of the first edition of this bestseller, poet Nikki Giovanni has added 10 new poems to the 22 that made up the original collection. Powerfully illustrated by George Ford, Ego-Tripping captures the essence of the African-American experience in ways that have special relevance and appeal for adolescents." |
 | | When the Beat Was Born DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) by Nikki Giovanni, Michele Noiset, Damian Ward, Jeremy Tugeau, Kristen Balouch Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 2008 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pal ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1048-8, ISBN: 1-4022-1048-5 "NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INCLUDED IN THE BOOKLIST TOP 10 ART BOOKS FOR YOUTH! Our consensus is Hip Hop Speaks to Children is the most essential poetry purchase to make this year. The poetry is enough. The illustrations are enough. The CD is enough. Together, this book is a treasure of which you cannot get enough. We shall accomplish much this year. Children will be encourage ..." |
 | | Make Me Rain Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2020 by William Morrow October 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-299528-5, ISBN: 0-06-299528-6 "As sharp and outspoken as ever, this artist long hailed as a healer and a sage returns with this profound book of poetry in which she continues to call attention to injustice and give readers an unfiltered look into the most private parts ..." |
 | | Bicycles(1st Edition) Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 102 Pages, Published 2009 by Williammr ISBN-13: 978-0-06-172645-3, ISBN: 0-06-172645-1 "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. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An inst ..." |
 | | The 100 Best African American Poems(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Sourcebooks Mediafusion ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-2111-8, ISBN: 1-4022-2111-8 "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 number. The result is this startlingly vibrant collection that spans f ..." |
 | | Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1980 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-688-08365-6, ISBN: 0-688-08365-X "A pivotal work in Nikki Giovanni's career, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day is one of the most poignant and intorspective of all Giovanni's collections. Moving from the emotionally fraught political arena to the intimate realm of the personal, the poems in this volume express a conflicted consciousness and the disillusionment shared by so many during the early 1970s, when the dreams of the Civil Rights era seemed to have evaporated. First ..." |
 | | Lincoln and Douglass(Reprint) An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier, Bryan Collier Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 2013 by Square Fish ISBN-13: 978-1-250-01869-4, ISBN: 1-250-01869-2 "Our sixteenth president is known for many things: he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. He was tall and skinny and notoriously stern-looking. And he also had some very strong ideas about abolishing slavery, ideas which brought him into close contact with another very visible public figure: Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born a slave but escaped in 1838 and became one of the central ..." |
 | | Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-009953-4, ISBN: 0-06-009953-4 "“One of her best collections to date.” —EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American poetry and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has influenced literary figures from James Baldwin to Blackalicious, and touched millions of readers worldwide. In Quilting the Black ..." |
 | | Bicycles(Reprint) Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-172649-1, ISBN: 0-06-172649-4 " 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. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An i ..." |
 | | On My Journey Now(1st Edition) Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals by Nikki Giovanni, Arthur C. Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-4380-5, ISBN: 0-7636-4380-7 ""The intimate, unpretentious talk about familiar songs will grab readers, who will want to find out more about the inspiring history." — BOOKLIST (starred review)Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. Now, with the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through the words of songs such as ..." |
 | | Just For You! The Girls In The Circle by Nikki Giovanni, Cathy Ann Johnson, Inc Staff Scholastic Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2004 by Teaching Resources ISBN-13: 978-0-439-56861-6, ISBN: 0-439-56861-7 "Three girls have fun playing dress-up at their grandmother's house, even painting their toenails, but then they have nowhere to go. Includes activity ideas for parents and children." |
 | | Racism 101(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni, Nick Giovanni, Virginia C. Fowler Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1995 by Quill ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14234-6, ISBN: 0-688-14234-6 "In Racism 101, Nikki Giovanni indicts higher education for the inequities it perpetuates, contemplates the legacy of the 1960s, provides a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses (complete with razor-sharp comebacks to the dumb questions constantly asked of black students), and excoriates Spike Lee while offering her own ideas for a film about Malcolm X. And that's just for starters. She also writes about W.E.B ..." |
 | | The Women and the Men(1st Edition) by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1975 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-688-02947-0, ISBN: 0-688-02947-7 "From Harlem rooftops to the drumbeats of the Congo, the poems in The Women and the Men display in full measure the gifts that have made Nikki Giovanni one of the most important, appealing, and broad-reaching American poets: her warmth, her conciseness, her passion, and her wit. First appearing between 1970 and 1975, the poems in this gemlike volume reflect the drastic change that took place--in both the consciousness of the nation and ..." |
 | | My House by Nikki Giovanni Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1974 by William Morrow ISBN-13: 978-0-688-05021-4, ISBN: 0-688-05021-2 "Enter the world of Nikki Giovanni. Writing of mothers and their children, of childhood memories, of black leaders and black Africa, the poems in My House marked a new dimension in tone and philosophy for Nikki Giovanni when they first appeared at the beginning of her extraordinary career. Emotional and autobiographical, Nikki Giovanni personalizes the political--like no one else--and brings her house in all its complexity and glory to ..." |
 | | Grand Fathers(1st Edition) Reminiscences, Poems, Recipes, and Photos of the Keepers of Our Traditions by Nikki Giovanni Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1999 by Henry Holt And Co. (Byr) ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-5484-2, ISBN: 0-8050-5484-7 "Grandfathers are family treasures. Here, in more than forty reminiscences, poems, photos, and recipes, we all get to sit on the porch and listen to their wise voices. Nikki Giovanni has brought together writers of many ages, races, and backgrounds. They tell us of their grandfathers: slaves and Confederate soldiers, homesteaders and railroad men, Sons of the Revolution and new immigrants.Grand Fathers is a warm and welcoming collection ..." |
 | | Artemis 2020 (Hardback) by Nikki Giovanni, Dorothy Gillespie Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2020 by Wilder Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-5154-4493-0, ISBN: 1-5154-4493-7 "The theme for this year's journal is "Season of Women" and will be a centennial celebration of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote passed one hundred years ago." |
 | | Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Published by ISBN-13: 978-0-439-89884-3, ISBN: 0-439-89884-6 |
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