TheCollectedPoetryofNikkiGiovanni[尼基·乔凡尼诗集]

作者 Nikki Giovanni著
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 2007年1月
ISBN 9780060724290
定价 227.70

内容简介

ThisomnibuscoversNikkiGiovanni'scompleteworkofpoetryfrom1967–1983.THECOLLECTEDPOETRYOFNIKKIGIOVANNIwillincludethecompletevolumesoffiveadultbooksofpoetry:BlackFeelingBlackTalk/BlackJudgement,MyHouse,TheWomenandtheMen,CottonCandyonaRainyDay,andThoseWhoRidetheNightWinds.Nikkiself–publishedherfirstbookBlackFeeling,BlackTalk/BlackJudgementin1969,selling10,000copies;WilliamMorrowpublishedin1970.Knowforitsiconicrevolutionaryphrases,itisheraldedasoneofthemostimportantvolumesofmodernAfrican–AmericanpoetryandisconsideredtheseminalvolumeofNikki'sbodyofwork.MyHouse(Morrow1972)marksanewdimensionintoneandphilosphy––ThisisGiovanni'sfirstforayintotheautobiographical.InTheWomenandtheMen(Morrow1975),Nikkidisplayshercompassionforthepeople,thingsandplacesshehasencountered––Shereverestheordinaryandisinsearchoftheextraordinary.CottonCandyonaRainyDay(Morrow1978)isoneofthemostpoignantandintrospectiveofallGiovanni'scollections.Thesepoemschroniclethedrasticchangethattookplaceduringthe1970s––whenthedreamsoftheCivilRightseraseemedtohaveevaporated.ThoseWhoRidetheNightWinds(Morrow1983)isdevotedto"thedaytrippersandmidnightcowboys,"theoneswhohavedevotedtheirlivestopushingthelimitsofthehumanconditionandshatteredtheconstraintsofthestautusquo.

作者简介

Poet,activist,mother,andprofessor,NikkiGiovanniisathree-timeNAACPImageAwardwinnerandthefirstrecipientoftheRosaParksWomanofCourageAward,andholdstheLangstonHughesMedalforOutstandingPoetry,amongotherhonors.Theauthoroftwenty-sevenbooksandaGrammynomineeforTheNikkiGiovanniPoetryCollection,sheistheUniversityDistinguishedProfessor/EnglishatVirginiaTechinBlacksburg,Virginia,andanOprahLivingLegend.

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