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Product Description: 36 pages

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9780910296311 | Broadside Pr, June 1, 1968, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: 36 pages

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Twenty-six poems deal with some aspects of the black experience in contemporary America

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9780910296076 | 3 edition (Broadside Pr, June 1, 1970), cover price $5.00 | About this edition: Twenty-six poems deal with some aspects of the black experience in contemporary America

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Fifty-three poems by the young Negro authoress reflect varied facets of the Black experience in America

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9780688252946 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1970, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Fifty-three poems by the young Negro authoress reflect varied facets of the Black experience in America

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In an introspective and personal collection of poems, the celebrated poet reflects upon varied facets of the African American experience.

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9780910296441 | Broadside Pr, November 1, 1970, cover price $3.00 | About this edition: In an introspective and personal collection of poems, the celebrated poet reflects upon varied facets of the African American experience.

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A young poet, attuned to the social problems of contemporary America, reveals her thoughts on the black experience

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9780672514227, titled "Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet" | Macmillan Pub Co, January 1, 1971, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A young poet attuned to the social problems of contemporary living reveals her thoughts on the black experience in America

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9780140042641 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1976, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A young poet, attuned to the social problems of contemporary America, reveals her thoughts on the black experience

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Conveys the black poet's feelings about family relationships and life (view table of contents)

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9780688000219, titled "My House; Poems." | William Morrow & Co, November 1, 1972, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A poetry collection about love conveys the black author's feelings toward family relationships and life

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9780688050214 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1974, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Conveys the black poet's feelings about family relationships and life

In an introspective and personal collection of poems the celebrated poet moves from observations of the outside world to ruminations in the territory of the self (view table of contents)

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9780688083656 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1980, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: In an introspective and personal collection of poems the celebrated poet moves from observations of the outside world to ruminations in the territory of the self

Includes 22 poems on a variety of topics.

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9780688005078 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1981, cover price $6.00 | About this edition: A happy, romantic, and fanciful verse collection embarks on carefree and imaginative voyages into childhood experience and fantasy

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Product Description: Conversations about issues from how to raise a child to the Vietnam War to how to save the African-American race that white America is trying to destroy.

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9780882580883 | Reprint edition (Howard Univ Pr, March 1, 1983), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Conversations about issues from how to raise a child to the Vietnam War to how to save the African-American race that white America is trying to destroy.

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Presents a selection of poetry dedicated to individuals who were unafraid of trying to make changes or of going against the tide, with poems about friends, lovers, mother, the poet herself, and notable personalities

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9780688019068 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1983, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents a selection of poetry dedicated to individuals who were unafraid of trying to make changes or of going against the tide, with poems about friends, lovers, mother, the poet herself, and notable personalities

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9780688026530 | Reissue edition (Quill, March 1, 1984), cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Presents a selection of poetry dedicated to individuals who were unafraid of trying to make changes or of going against the tide, with poems about friends, lovers, mother, the poet herself, and notable personalities

A poetry collection which recounts the feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves.

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9780809087969 | Revised edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1985), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A collection of poetry for and about Black children includes happy and sad poems on every topic from dreams and haircuts to mommies and basketball

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9780374464691 | Revised edition (Square Fish, April 1, 1987), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A collection of poetry for and about Black children includes happy and sad poems on every topic from dreams and haircuts to mommies and basketball

Reinforced:

9780606041393 | Demco Media, April 1, 1987, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: A collection of poetry for and about Black children includes happy and sad poems on every topic from dreams and haircuts to mommies and basketball

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9780833504968 | Revised edition (Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001), cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A collection of poetry for and about Black children includes happy and sad poems on every topic from dreams and haircuts to mommies and basketball

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A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics--from delicate family relations and the life of a writer to black issues, consumerism, television, and the national anthem--all with a sense of wry humor and sympathy with, an understanding of, humanity

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9780688043339 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1988, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics--from delicate family relations and the life of a writer to black issues, consumerism, television, and the national anthem--all with a sense of wry humor and sympathy with, an understanding of, humanity

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A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics--from delicate family relations and the life of a writer to black issues, consumerism, television, and the national anthem

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9780688089092 | Reprint edition (William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1989), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics--from delicate family relations and the life of a writer to black issues, consumerism, television, and the national anthem

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Product Description: A collection of essays and stories by the members of the Writers Workshop at Warm Hearth retirement community in Blacksburg, Virginia. These essays describe hundreds of years (collectively) of livin' and lovin' at their best!

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9780936015323 | Pocahontas Pr, December 1, 1991, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: A collection of essays and stories by the members of the Writers Workshop at Warm Hearth retirement community in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience

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9780613249928 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience

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Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience
By George Cephas Ford (illustrator) and Nikki Giovanni

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9781556521881 | Revised edition (Lawrence Hill Books, November 1, 1993), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience

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9781556521898 | Revised edition (Chicago Review Pr, November 1, 1993), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience

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A poem by one of America's most popular African-American poets celebrates the simple, comfortable pleasures of life in the South, describing vegetables eaten right out of the garden, church picnics, and homemade ice cream.
By Nikki Giovanni and Larry Johnson (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780590470742 | Reprint edition (Scholastic, February 1, 1994), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the joys of summer spent with family in Knoxville: eating vegetables right from the garden, going to church picnics, and walking in the mountains

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A collection of insights, opinions, and expressions includes a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses, indicts higher education, and offers haunting portraits of grandparents, musings on poetry, thoughts on the sixties, and a debate on American values. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780688043322 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Essays discuss race, education, Malcolm X, W.

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9780688142346 | Quill, May 1, 1995, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A collection of insights, opinions, and expressions includes a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses, indicts higher education, and offers haunting portraits of grandparents, musings on poetry, thoughts on the sixties, and a debate on American values.

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An anthology of selected poetry by the distinguished African-American writer celebrates her diverse roles as an African-American woman, lover, poet, and feminist. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780688140472 | 1 edition (William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1996), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An anthology of poetry by the distinguished writer celebrates her diverse roles as an African American woman, lover, poet, and feminist

Product Description: Nikki Giovanni spins her words into beautiful images of black songs and black looms, and inspires us all to trust our own hearts.

Hardcover:

9780805041187 | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In this hymn to the power of art and of love, the words create images of black songs and black loom, inspiring readers to trust their hearts

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9780805060768 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, December 1, 1998), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: In this hymn to the power of art and of love, the words create images of black songs and black loom, inspiring readers to trust their hearts

Prebinding:

9780613115667 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.65 | About this edition: Nikki Giovanni spins her words into beautiful images of black songs and black looms, and inspires us all to trust our own hearts.

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Presents the poetry of notable African American authors (view table of contents)

School and Library:

9780805034943 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, April 15, 1996, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Includes poems by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka, with commentary and a discussion of the development of African American arts known as the Harlem Renaissance.

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An acclaimed poet and an award-winning artist collaborate to create a special collection of poetry for young readers, capturing elements that children love through exciting text and vivid illustrations.
By Ashley Bryan (illustrator) and Nikki Giovanni

School and Library:

9780805041194 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, October 15, 1996, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems primarily about nature and the seasons but also concerned with chocolate and scary movies

Product Description: Quiet . . .like a quilt on a feather bed . . .and frost on the window . . .we write our names knowing . . .the sun will melt them offBut the sun is so quiet . . .that we don't carewe smile—from Connie by Nikki GiovanniThe quiet and noisy, wintery and sometimes sunny poems in The Sun Is So Quiet will always make you smile...read more

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788715914 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, December 1, 1997), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Quiet .

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Forty-two verses by one of America's most popular poets display her warmth, conciseness, passion, and wit while focusing on five years of her life (view table of contents)

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9780688079475 | Quill, February 1, 1998, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Forty-two verses by one of America's most popular poets display her warmth, conciseness, passion, and wit while focusing on five years of her life

A collection of fifty-one new poems from a best-selling poet embodies her fearless passion and wit in outspoken odes to Jackie Robinson, space, illness, manners, the environment, and many other topics. Tour. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780688156985 | 1 edition (William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1999), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of poems reflects on such themes as love, sports, politics, the environment, and social customs

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