Nikki Giovanni: Poet of the People
Judith P. Josephson
Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2003
A spellbound crowd packs the auditorium. The audience whistles and stomps with enthusiasm. Nikki Giovanni has come to talk about poetry. Giovanni is one of America's most popular modern poets, having published more than a dozen volumes of poetry for adults, six books for children, and several compact-disk readings of her poems.With poetry is a connection, her work reaches out across age, gender, and race. This vividly drawn life story, based on interviews with Giovanni and those who know her best, is rich with Giovanni's own words and excerpts from her poetry.
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Websites to learn more about Nikki Giovanni.
nikki-giovanni.com/bio.shtml
www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/173
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