Wholesale Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni American Classics

Nikki Giovanni 1968-1998 Paperback POETRY/American / African American & Black Series: HarperCollins American Classics A landmark collection of the early work of beloved, award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni. —Available as a HarperCollins American Classic in celebration of America's 250th Anniversary This omnibus volume encompasses Nikki Giovanni’s poetry from her early years, 1967-1983. THE COLLECTED POETRY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI includes the complete volumes of five (5) 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.Giovanni's first book, Black Feeling, Black Talk/BlackJudgement was self published in 1969, and then re-published by William Morrow in 1970. It electrified readers at the time with its revolutionary spirit.My House (1972) personalized the political. Both emotional and autobiographical, it spoke of mothers and their children, of childhood memories, of Black leaders and Black Africa. In The Women and the Men (1975), Nikki displays her compassion for the people, things and places she has observed and touched--revering the ordinary and in search of the extraordinary.Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day (1978) is one of the most poignant and introspective of all Giovanni’s books, expressing the disillusionment shared by so many during the 1970s, when the dreams of the Civil Rights era seemed to have evaporated.Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983) is devoted to “the day trippers and midnight cowboys,” the ones who have lived life as “a marvelous, transitory adventure.” Included are poems about John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, as well as friends, lovers, mothers, and the poet herself.