The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni

From one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape comes a brilliant and searing collection of essays, articles, meditations and recollections.

This omnibus edition collects celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni's adult prose: Racism 101, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles and seven selections from Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet, which was nominated for the National Book Award...