The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni (Perennial Classics) [Paperback]

Nikki Giovanni (Author)

Book Description

Series: Perennial Classics | Publication Date: December 16, 2003

For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni

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About the Author

Poet, activist, mother, and professor, Nikki Giovanni is a three-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award, and holds the Langston Hughes Medal for Outstanding Poetry, among other honors. The author of twenty-seven books and a Grammy nominee for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, she is the University Distinguished Professor/English at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and an Oprah Living Legend.

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial (December 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060541342
• ISBN-13: 978-0060541347
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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