Join Books.org — it's free

Book cover of Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni (Perennial Classics)
Literary Figures - Women's Biography, American Essays, African Americans - General & Miscellaneous, American Women - Literary Biography, U.S. Authors - African American - Literary Biography, African American Literary Biography, African American Women's Bi

Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni (Perennial Classics)

by Nikki Giovanni
Available on Bookshop Write a review

Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.

Log in to track your reading progress.

Overview

For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni

Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet
Nominated for the National Book Award, this is a journey β€” both private and public β€” through the trials and triumphs of 1960s America.

Sacred Cows ... And Other Edibles
Winner of the Ohioana Library Award, these fresh and wryly humorous essays explore some of America's lofty institutions and the poet's pivotal life experiences.

Racism 101
This collection of essays contributes a vital and critical chapter to the debate on American national values.

Synopsis

For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni

Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet
Nominated for the National Book Award, this is a journey — both private and public — through the trials and triumphs of 1960s America.

Sacred Cows ... And Other Edibles
Winner of the Ohioana Library Award, these fresh and wryly humorous essays explore some of America's lofty institutions and the poet's pivotal life experiences.

Racism 101
This collection of essays contributes a vital and critical chapter to the debate on American national values.

About the Author, Nikki Giovanni

Poet, activist, mother, and professor, Nikki Giovanni is a three-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry. The author of twenty-seven books and a Grammy nominee for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, she is the University Distinguished Professor/English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and an Oprah Living Legend.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Log in to write one.

Book Details

Published
December 1, 2003
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
592
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780060541347

More by Nikki Giovanni

Similar books