Nikki Giovanni

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born

June 07, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.nikki-giovanni.com/

genre

Poetry, Politics, Children's Books

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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is a Grammy-nominated American poet, activist and author.

She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech.

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Books by Nikki Giovanni

Average rating: 4.21 · 4,541 ratings · 595 reviews · 72 distinct works

	Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Love Poems 4.25 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Selected Poems, 1968-1995 by Nikki Giovanni, Virginia Fowler (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day 4.37 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni, Virginia C. Fowler (Introduction) 4.31 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bicycles: Love Poems 3.95 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat [With CD] 4.35 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems 4.12 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems 4.20 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	My rating:
	My House 4.21 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
― Nikki Giovanni

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“the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.”
― Nikki Giovanni

tags: friendship , life , love

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“I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops. ”
― Nikki Giovanni

tags: love , poetry , rain , snow

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Polls

What frequently challenged or banned adult-themed book should we read in April and May?

[Note: if you want to see different books in the polls, suggest some!]

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

28 votes, 21.5%

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

25 votes, 19.2%

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

14 votes, 10.8%

Carrie by Stephen King

13 votes, 10.0%

Maurice by E.M. Forster

11 votes, 8.5%

The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire

11 votes, 8.5%

The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, John

10 votes, 7.7%

Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, John

8 votes, 6.2%

Native Son by Richard Wright

5 votes, 3.8%

My House by Nikki Giovanni

5 votes, 3.8%

130 total votes

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