Quilting the Black-eyed PeaQuilting the Black-eyed Pea
A resonant collection of all new poems from one of America's preeminent poets. Ever commanding, luminous, and controversial, Nikki Giovanni speaks truth to power on issues of social justice, racism, gender, violence, and justice.
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American culture and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni's poetry has touched millions of readers worldwide, focusing a sharp eye on politics, racial inequality, violence, gender, social justice and African-American life. In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Giovanni turns her gaze toward the state of the world around her, and offers a daring, resonant look inside her own self as well.
"One of her best collections to date.' 'Essence
A resonant collection of all new poems from one of America’s preeminent poets. Ever commanding, luminous, and controversial, Nikki Giovanni speaks truth to power on issues of social justice, racism, gender, violence, and justice.
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices in American culture and African American literature today. From Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black Judgment in the 1960s to Bicycles in 2010, Giovanni’s poetry has touched millions of readers worldwide, focusing a sharp eye on politics, racial inequality, violence, gender, social justice and African-American life. In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Giovanni turns her gaze toward the state of the world around her, and offers a daring, resonant look inside her own self as well.
“One of her best collections to date.” —Essence
Fifty poems, sketches, and meditations on popular culture and life in America include the author's writings on her personal battle with illness, the relationships between mothers and their children, legendary historical figures, the south, terrorism, and her childhood. 75,000 first printing.
A collection of poems, sketches, and meditations on popular culture and life in America includes the author's writings on her personal battle with illness, the relationships between mothers and their children, the South, and other topics.
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- New York : William Morrow, c2002.
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