TY - BOOK AU - Giovanni,Nikki AU - Fowler,Virginia C. TI - The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 SN - 9780060724290 (pbk.) AV - PS3557.I55 C65 2007 U1 - 811/.54 22 PY - 2007///, c2003 CY - New York PB - HarperPerennial KW - African American women KW - Juvenile poetry N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Black feeling Black talk -- Black judgement -- Re: Creation -- My house -- The Women and the men -- Cotton candy on a rainy day -- Those who ride the night winds -- Occasional poems N2 - For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape ER -