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Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry
What We Learn From Tears and LaughterBy Nikki GiovanniNarrated by Nikki GiovanniLength2h 43m
About this audiobook
Hear Nikki Giovanni read two extraordinary collections of her own work! A singular listening experience!
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 touched our national consciousness.
Love Poems: Nikki reads a stunning collection of over twenty 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.
"If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified — and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts." — The Washington Post
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (405)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenrePoetry, Biography and Memoir
Length2 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byNikki Giovanni
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
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