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  • The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni

    1968-1998

    From one of America's most cherished and celebrated poets, a landmark collection of Nikki Giovanni's early work!“Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures.”—Gloria NaylorWhen Nikki Giovanni’s poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, she immediately took a place among the most celebrated and controversial artists of our time. More than 50 years later, Giovanni still ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Love Poems

    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 controversial writers. Now, this iconic voice in African American poetry 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 ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The New Book

    Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things

    Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary final collection—a landmark of American literature which speaks to the fury and upheaval of our time, as well as the triumphs and delights of her remarkable creative life.For decades, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has been at the forefront of American culture. The New Book is a towering work of protest against the divisions of our time, leavened with moments of joy and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Jubilee

    The bestselling classic about a mixed-race child in the Civil War-era South that "chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage" ( The New York Times Book Review).Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the antebellum South in both its opulence and its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

    Illustrated by George Ford ...
    Celebrate Black heritage, pride, and the joy of growing up in this timeless verse collection from one of America's most celebrated poets.Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People gathers thirty-two vivid selections by Nikki Giovanni, paired with expressive black-and-white illustrations by George Ford. From the sweeping mythological power of the famous title piece to the tender childhood ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vacation Time

    "If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified — and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts." — The Washington PostThis classic collection of read-aloud poems for children celebrates the simple, magical moments of being a kid:Poems About Family: Gentle verses about sharing chocolate with Grandma, snuggling with Mommy during ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Essential Poems of Nikki Giovanni

    The Definitive Collection

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    For the first time in print! A definitive compilation of Nikki Giovanni’s best and most beloved poems from her extraordinary 60-year career.Nikki Giovanni’s poems are some of the most quoted, most memorable, and most talked about gems in American literature, with a huge pop culture following that continues even after her death in 2024. But there has never been a single “best of” volume of her work ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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  • Bicycles

    Love Poems

    In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis. Controversial, revolutionary, ethereal, or illuminating, her poems about race, Black lives, violence, gender, and family move readers of all ages and backgrounds.With BICYCLES, she’s ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Chasing Utopia

    A Hybrid

    The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred social justice movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations about the reality of life—especially Black life—in America. One of the foremost voices in African American literature and a celebrated activist of her generation, she has been hailed as a healer and a sage, a powerful voice on issues of race, equality, violence, and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Good Cry

    What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

    The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a courageous activist who has spoken out on the sensitive issues that touch our national consciousness, including race and gender, social justice, protest, violence in the home and in the streets, and why black lives matter.One of America’s most celebrated poets ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni

    From one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America’s political and poetic landscape comes a brilliant and searing collection of essays, articles, meditations and recollections.This omnibus edition collects celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni’s adult prose: Racism 101, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles and seven selections from Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Acolytes

    Poems

    Startling and original, prescient and illuminating, here is a new collection from the poet who has become an icon. . . .“The work of Nikki Giovanni has been as evolutionary as it has been revolutionary. One of the finest poets of our time. . . Her work still resonates.”—Ebony"If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified ... Read more

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