Nikki Giovanni

Praise for Poems: 1968-2020

A generous and comprehensive selection from one of the foremost poets of the Black Arts Movement ... fiery, defiant and polemic ... Reading Nikki Giovanni's work is akin to having an intimate conversation with a tru ...

Guardian

One of the greatest poets of any generation

Chicago Review of Books

Hail, Lionheart Nikki, to whom all poets who come after owe a massive debt for the brilliant and fearless ways in which your early poems urge us to claim our rightful space and to render the old and familiar, vital ...

Lorna Goodinson

A generous and comprehensive selection from one of the foremost poets of the Black Arts Movement ... fiery, defiant and polemic ... Reading Nikki Giovanni's work is akin to having an intimate conversation with a tru ...

Guardian

One of the greatest poets of any generation

Chicago Review of Books

Hail, Lionheart Nikki, to whom all poets who come after owe a massive debt for the brilliant and fearless ways in which your early poems urge us to claim our rightful space and to render the old and familiar, vital ...

Lorna Goodinson

A generous and comprehensive selection from one of the foremost poets of the Black Arts Movement ... fiery, defiant and polemic ... Reading Nikki Giovanni's work is akin to having an intimate conversation with a tru ...

Guardian

One of the greatest poets of any generation

Chicago Review of Books

Hail, Lionheart Nikki, to whom all poets who come after owe a massive debt for the brilliant and fearless ways in which your early poems urge us to claim our rightful space and to render the old and familiar, vital ...

Lorna Goodinson