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Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems
"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.
"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 Post
Book Details
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
- Publish Date: Dec 28th, 2010
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: Harper Perennia - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.23in - 5.56in - 0.39in - 0.30lb
- EAN: 9780060099534
- Categories: • American - African American & Black• Women Authors• African American & Black
About the Author
Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024), poet, activist, mother, grandmother, and educator, grew up in Tennessee and Ohio and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville. The author of over thirty books, she was also the recipient of seven NAACP Image Awards, the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, as well as thirty-one honorary degrees and an Emmy Award. She garnered her most unusual honor in 2007 when a South American bat species--Micronycteris giovanniae--was named in celebration of her. A devoted teacher and honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she spent thirty-five years as University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Praise for this book
"One of her best collections to date." -- Essence
"An embracing, uplifting, and sustaining voice." -- Booklist