Bicycles

Love Poems

by Nikki Giovanni

On Sale: 02/02/2010

Bicycles

Love Poems

by Nikki Giovanni

On Sale: 02/02/2010

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About the Book

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 collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 LOVE POEMS. An instant classic, that book--romantic, bold, and erotic--expressed notions of love in ways that were delightfully unexpected. In the years that followed, Giovanni experienced losses both public and private. A mother’s passing, a sister’s, too. A massacre on the campus at which she teaches. And just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, Giovanni rediscovered love--what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love--and all its manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart--is distilled as never before by one of our most talented poets. In a time of national crisis or personal crisis, this is a collection that will open minds and change hearts as only the best art can.

 

 

Critical Praise

“Easily one of [Giovanni’s] most powerful offerings to date.” — Essence

“Bicycles is powered as much by Giovanni’s warmth and authenticity as by her words.” — Christian Science Monitor

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780061726491
  • ISBN 10: 0061726494
  • Imprint: William Morrow
  • On Sale: 02/02/2010
  • Pages: 128
  • List Price:23.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : POETRY / American / African American
  • BISAC2 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
  • BISAC3 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors

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