{"product_id":"nikki-giovanni-a-literary-biography-hardcover","title":"Nikki Giovanni: A Literary Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive examination of the life and work of Nikki Giovanni, one of the most prolific and well-known poets to emerge during the Black Arts Movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikki Giovanni: A Literary Biography\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on one of the most widely read poets to emerge from the Black Arts Movement, providing a thorough examination of Giovanni's life and work, from her earliest volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBlack Feeling Black Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, to the recent \u003ci\u003eBicycles\u003c\/i\u003e. The book addresses Giovanni's preoccupation with historical themes and the past, and demonstrates the pervasiveness of music in Giovanni's poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on extensive interviews with Giovanni's friends and family, this book offers biographical information not previously available in other publications. It references material from Giovanni's prose works to illuminate and contextualize the analysis of her poetry, examining its highly allusive and topical nature. The book also shows the intersections of Giovanni's biography and the public history of the United States from the 1960s to the present, making it of interest to general readers as well as those studying American and African-American poetry or black feminism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia C. Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor of English at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755221451040,"sku":"9780275987527","price":122.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/34a2566cd60dbb02765b1c6cf2463cb1.webp?v=1780053510","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nikki-giovanni-a-literary-biography-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}