{"product_id":"the-selected-poems-of-nikki-giovanni-9780688140472","title":"The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nikki Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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 commanding voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape at the end of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the revolutionary \"The Great Pax Whitie\" and \"Poem for Aretha\" to the sublime \"Ego Tripping\" and the tender \"My House,\" these 150 mind-speaking, truth-telling poems are at once powerful yet sensual, angry yet affirming. Arranged chronologically, they reflect the changes Giovanni has endured as a Black woman, lover, mother, teacher, and poet. Here is the evocation of a nation's past and present -- intensely personal and fiercely political -- from one of our most compassionate, outspoken observers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45321464545431,"sku":"9780688140472","price":2164.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780688140472.webp?v=1767308610","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-selected-poems-of-nikki-giovanni-9780688140472","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}