Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems - Brossura

Giovanni, Nikki

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ISBN 10: 0060099534 ISBN 13: 9780060099534

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2010

Riassunto

&;One of her best collections to date.&; &;Essence

Quilting 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-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.

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Recensione:

“One of her best collections to date.” (Essence)

“An embracing, uplifting, and sustaining voice.” (Booklist)

L'autore:

Nikki Giovanni is one of America's most widely read poets. Since her poems first emerged during the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts movements in the 1960s, she has been celebrated as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0060099534
• ISBN 13: 9780060099534
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 110