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Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems and A Good Cry

By: Nikki Giovanni
Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
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The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts, and informed generations. She's been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and gender, that touch our national consciousness.

Love Poems: Nikki reads a stunning collection of more than 20 romantic, bold, and erotic love poems, expressing notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected and full of fearless passion and spirited wit. From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender "Just a Simple Declaration of Love" and the elegiac "All Eyez on U". written for Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered.

A Good Cry: With her new collection, Nikki offers listeners an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. Reading her work, she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents' marriage and her early life. Nikki also celebrates her good friend Maya Angelou and the many years of friendship, poetry, and kitchen-table laughter they shared.

©2017 Nikki Giovanni (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
African American Poetry United States World Literature Heartfelt
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Intimate Narration • Soulful Poetry • Rhythmic Words • Insightful Explanations • Poetic Storytelling • Authentic Voice
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Nikki Giovanni never disappoints! I have always loved her work and its just a huge bonus to have her read her own work. This is an easy listen that will pull on heart strings. It has a real sentimental vibe that is easily enjoyable for any reader.

If you know then you know

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To be able to hear the legend in her own words and thoughts was incredible. Thank you for that!

Loved it!

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Narration, by the author is exceptional! Enjoyed insight of poems! Personal and dripping with love thoughts.

Voice

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For the ad libs alone, this Audible version is worth Everything. I come from the days where Nikki Giovanni read to schoolchildren, and might record an album with tracks; this reading was more experienced as a salon, recorded, or the “making of” documentary’s behind-the-scenes, segments. It was everything... and read aloud in her Black Woman Creators’, voice. Loved every bit!

A Crafts’ Master Speaks Clarion in this Collection

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I loved the poems. I loved how she reads. I loved how she looked at the world.

Such Beautiful Words

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A pure pleasure to listen to. I hung on every word, every prose. It was like a spiritual going home reunion navigated by literature.

Spiritual and Cultural words of interpretation

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As a long time fan, I’m thankful she chose to read her own words. Her voice is unmistakable. This is a gift.

A Precious Thing

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Nikki Giovanni is a classic literary treasure. The collection moved me. it reminded me of important times and places in history and in my own family upbringing. This is a 1000% worth enjoying. Take your time and allow her words to sink in!

Beautiful and timeless

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I was in the 5th grade when I was toll to go to the library and pick a book of poems ,the one I pick was a book of Nikki Giovanni’s, I have loved her poetry from that day to this , She was among one of the best poets ,which I could name many more that I love to hear their poetry, but she will always be my favorite.

Give me more

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This book was a love letter to many parts of her life in poetry form. It felt so intimate and I greatly appreciated the times where she explained the origins of the poems. Hearing her own poems in her voice was surreal and really made the experience greater.

A Love Letter in the form of Poems

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