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Nikki Giovanni

American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator.

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American poet, writer and activist

Born 7 June 1943
Died 2024

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  • Cover of: Bicycles

    Cover of edition bicycleslovepoem00giov First published in 2009 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Gemini: an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet.

    Cover of edition geminiextendedau0000giov_m2z1 First published in 1971 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Spin a Soft Black Song

    First published in 1971 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems

    First published in 2002 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Black feeling, black talk, black judgement.

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Copper Level

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature Platinum

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  • Cover of: Rosa

    First published in 2005 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: Bronze Level

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  • Cover of: Blues - For All the Changes: New Poems

    First published in 2008 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Love Poems

    First published in 2008 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Acolytes

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  • Cover of: Cotton candy on a rainy day: poems

    First published in 1978 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Women and the Men

    First published in 1975 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A dialogue

    First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems

    First published in 1995 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni

    First published in 2009 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998

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  • Cover of: Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

    First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: My house: poems

    First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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American poet, writer and activist

Born 7 June 1943
Died 2024

Subjects

Poetry, African Americans, American poetry, African American authors, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Fiction, Women authors, Children's poetry, American literature, Children's poetry, American, African American women, Giovanni, nikki, 1943-, Biography, Children's fiction, Juvenile poetry, Literary collections, American poetry, african american authors, Interviews, Juvenile literature, Race relations, Women and literature, African American women poets, African american authors, African americans, history, African americans, poetry

Places

United States, Alabama, Calcutta, California, England, Glendale College Library, Illinois River, India, Knoxville (Tenn.), Montgomery, Montgomery (Ala.), Oklahoma, Ozark Mountains, Surrey, Tahlequah

People

Nikki Giovanni, Margaret Walker (1915-), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Billy Colman, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Grandpa, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, John H. Watson, Little Ann, Mama, Mrs. Pritchard, Old Dan, Old Man Pritchard, Papa, Rainie, Rosa Parks (1913-), Rubin, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran

Time

20th century, 20th Century, 21st century

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Alternative names

  • Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.

History

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December 11, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris Add death date and full name from Wikipedia
December 11, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2020 Edited by KarlKemp added birthday, bio, Wikipedia link
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import